Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS WHAS-TV 11: Addiction resources, treatment options in Kentucky, Indiana The Appalachian News-Express: Too many, too often: National Overdose Prevention Day The Courier Journal: 2nd Annual International Overdose Awareness Day rally and march in Louisville FOX 56 News: Jessamine County hosts 3rd annual Drug Overdose[Read More…]
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THIS WEEK: Kentucky Recovery News Weekly Update
Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS KET: Panel applauded Kentucky’s 5% drop in overdose deaths in 2022, but cited new challenges and remaining difficulties Kentucky Health News: Mobile unit provides addiction recovery, other medical services in Glasgow, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, Bardstown and Lebanon The Courier Journal: Spending $400 million to build[Read More…]
How Kentucky Became One of the Most Incarcerated Places in the Country
Prioritizing punishment over public health has hurt Kentucky communities. Nazish Dholakia | Senior Writer | Aug 09, 2023 Amanda Hall is an organizer and advocate based in Louisa, a town of about 2,700 people in eastern Kentucky. She moved into policy work after running a drug treatment and recovery center where[Read More…]
The advantage of virtual opioid treatment
Illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Axios Just 1 in 5 adults who had opioid use disorder in 2021 received medication to treat it, new federal data show. Why it matters: The finding speaks to the role that expanded telehealth access played in connecting people to drug treatment during the pandemic. What they’re saying: “More than 80,000[Read More…]
Buprenorphine Cost a Potential Barrier for Opioid-Addicted Youth, Adults
— Opioid use disorder medication remains underused, and cost appears to contribute, studies show. by Jennifer Henderson | Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today | August 7, 2023 For young people with opioid use disorder (OUD), buprenorphine costs have declined overall but with drastic variation by payer type, researchers found. Examining buprenorphine[Read More…]
Only 1 in 5 people with opioid use disorder received medication in 2021
BY JOSEPH CHOI | 08/07/23 | 2:39 PM ET A study published Monday found that only about 1 out of 5 U.S. adults dealing with opioid use disorder in 2021 received medications to treat their condition, despite newer guidance recommending the use of such treatments. The research from the Centers for Disease[Read More…]
Just 22% of US Adults With OUD Receive Medication-Assisted Treatment
By Tom Valentino, Digital Managing Editor About 2.5 million US adults at least 18 years of age had an opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2021, but just 22% received medication-assisted treatment (MAT), according to a study released Monday by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health[Read More…]
THIS WEEK: Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update
Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS Beckers Behavioral Health: Addiction Recovery Care’s unique approach to addiction treatment The Daily Independent: ARC echoes U.S. Drug Czar’s call WKRC-TV: Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana among top 10 states with most drug overdose deaths PR Newswire: Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) Partners with Accelecom for[Read More…]
New study shows drug manufacturers actually increased opioid marketing after Kentucky’s Purdue pharma lawsuit
by Strategic Management Society Kentucky’s 2007 lawsuit against Purdue Pharma marked a major turn in the opioid crisis. It was the first time a member of the Sackler family, who owned Purdue, was deposed about the company’s role in the opioid epidemic. Because the judge unsealed the court documents, public[Read More…]
Opioid addiction starts at the ER, according to studies.
by Bocconi University Legitimate prescriptions of opioids as painkillers are a contributing factor in long-term addiction to these substances. This is what Sarah Eichmeyer of Bocconi’s Department of Economics and Jonathan Zhang of McMaster University in Canada found and described in two recent papers, “Pathways into Opioid Dependence: Evidence from[Read More…]