Over the past two years, as state attorneys general agreed to more than $50 billion in legal settlements with companies that made or sold opioids, they vowed the money would be spent on addiction treatment and prevention. They were determined to avoid the misdirection of the tobacco settlement of the[Read More…]
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Why Opioid Settlements Worth Over $8 Billion Are at Risk of Falling Apart
A number of multibillion-dollar settlements that opioid manufacturers and distributors agreed to pay may not wind up in the hands of addiction victims and state governments. By Alexander Saeedy Aug. 1, 2023 | 3:47 pm ET A number of prescription opioid manufacturers, including OxyContin developer Purdue Pharma and generics maker Mallinckrodt,[Read More…]
VOCAL-KY urges Louisville Metro government to act on their plan to reduce drug overdoses
Louisville Public Media By Morgan Watkins Published August 1, 2023 | 3:15 PM EDT A year after VOCAL-KY unveiled its roadmap for Louisville Metro Government to end drug overdoses, the grassroots group called on local officials to take more action. State data show over 500 people in Jefferson County died annually from a drug overdose[Read More…]
FDA approves first opioid reversal drug from a nonprofit company
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL | 07/28/23 1:01 PM ET The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first version of over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone from a nonprofit company, a move that could bring cheap and even free doses of the opioid overdose drug to Americans who need it most. RiVive, made by Harm[Read More…]
Mental illness, drug addiction go hand in glove, Biden’s drug czar tells lawmakers
By Simar Bajaj | July 27, 2023 WASHINGTON — At a House oversight hearing Thursday, the Biden administration’s top drug policy official emphasized the need to address both mental illness and drug addiction simultaneously to reduce fentanyl deaths. According to a 2021 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, over nine[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care’s unique approach to addiction treatment
Amelia Ickes | Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 Kentucky recently ranked first in adult access to mental health, but fourth in drug overdose rates across the United States. Among the organizations addressing this disparity is Addiction Recovery Care, which offers the full continuum of addiction treatment across its 19 residential centers and 11 outpatient centers. Its first[Read More…]
Greenberg: Louisville will receive millions in funding to fight impact of opioid addiction
This money comes from legal settlements with opioid distributors, dispensers and manufacturers. Credit: Alyssa Newton, WHAS11 News Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announces a new policy on seized firearms. They will be made inoperable before being sent to KSP. Author: Arianna Sergio LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the city of[Read More…]
Kentucky considers $42 million ibogaine study to tackle opioid crisis
The Bowling Green Daily News By Sarah Michels | [email protected] Jul 25, 2023 FRANKFORT — Jessica Blackburn grew up in Betsy Lane, an Eastern Kentucky town home to 650 people. She had a great childhood, she said, filled with love, friendship and community. She’s not the typical person you’d expect[Read More…]
KY commission hears from experts on promise of psychedelic to treat opioid addiction
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Karen Butcher, whose son died in 2020 of an opioid overdose, asked a panel of experts on Monday in Frankfort: If cost wasn’t a factor, why shouldn’t Kentucky explore the use of an illicit psychedelic drug as a treatment for opioid addiction?
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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention LOCAL NEWS WKYT-TV: Commission hears testimony about how African plant could help Kentucky’s opioid epidemic WHOP Radio: Republican governor candidate Daniel Cameron discusses drug abuse, crime in Kentucky The Herald-Leader: KY commission hears from experts on promise of psychedelic to treat opioid addiction Spectrum News: Kentucky[Read More…]