Fentanyl mixed with the veterinary sedative xylazine has been linked to a sharp increase of overdose deaths across the country. By Daniel Arkin President Joe Biden’s drug czar on Wednesday declared that fentanyl mixed with xylazine, an animal tranquilizer known as “tranq” that has been linked to a rising number of overdose[Read More…]
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Kentucky AG stops in Greenup during ‘Fight Fentanyl Operation’ tour
By Lane Ball GREENUP, KY (WOWK) – Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R-KY) made a stop in Greenup County on his Fight Fentanyl Operation tour across the Commonwealth. Local leaders, addiction recovery officials and concerned residents gathered at the Jesse Stuart Lodge in the Greenbo Lake State Resort Park Wednesday afternoon. Watch[Read More…]
Louisville group hosts Narcan training session in effort to slow overdose deaths
By Molly Jett LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A training seminar was held to teach people how to administer Naloxone, also known as Narcan, in Louisville on Tuesday night. The group 502 Revolution held a training session with Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition on how to administer Narcan on Baxter Avenue. Nearly 2,000 Kentuckians[Read More…]
Inmates with opioid addiction report peer navigators are crucial for successful community reentry
by Rutgers University Recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder have trust in working with peer support specialists who recovered from addiction and faced similar life experiences, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal Psychiatric Services, found that peer support specialists were most valued for providing emotional and community-based[Read More…]
FDA acts to restrict illicit import of xylazine, animal tranquilizer linked to overdose deaths
BY KERRY BREEN The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it was taking action to restrict unlawful importing of the veterinary drug xylazine, which has been “increasingly found” in the nation’s illicit drug supply. The action, an import alert, allows for the detainment of shipments of xylazine and the[Read More…]
CNN documentary with Louisville ties sheds light on a missing piece of opioid crisis
By Kirby Adams | Louisville Courier Journal An in-depth documentary that sheds new light on how the opioid crisis has impacted America — including in Louisville — will soon make its television debut. On Sunday, investigative journalist Darren Foster’s acclaimed documentary, “American Pain,” airs at 9 p.m. on CNN. The film[Read More…]
1 big thing: How opioid misuse is costing health systems
Share of emergency department inpatients treated for opioid use disorder, by state By Tina Reed The addiction crisis is increasingly eroding health systems’ finances, with the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) costing hospitals more than $95 billion a year, new data provided first to Axios’ Maya Goldman from Premier Inc. AI Applied[Read More…]
NKU Awarded $1 Million for Opioid Work in Rural Communities
Northern Kentucky University received $1 million in federal funding to support its Rural Communities Opioid Response implementation. The program was created last year to reduce opioid overdose deaths for those who come in contact with law enforcement or are involved in the criminal justice system. Kentucky saw a spike in[Read More…]
Opioid use across America
Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults with chronic pain had used a prescription opioid in the past three months when surveyed in 2019, according to data published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. Read more on Axios.