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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention Kentucky Lantern: Opioid settlement payouts to localities made public for the first time Virginia Chamber: Addiction Recovery Care lays the groundwork for improving behavioral health outcomes in Virginia Bottom Line: New reports demonstrate the need for Kentucky leaders to continue fight against substance use disorder crisis[Read More…]
Drug deaths drop in Kentucky, but fentanyl still rages
By Mark Payne June 20, 2023 The number of drug overdose deaths dropped in Kentucky last year, according to the most recent report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. But deaths from fentanyl and methamphetamine still remain high. Experts in NKY are saying that fentanyl and methamphetamine are[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care gives insight into how to prevent fatal overdoses
By Brandon Spencer Addiction Recovery Care gives insight on what has led to the recent decrease in overdose fatalities from 2021 to 2022.
New report confirms Kentucky’s first decline in fatal overdoses since 2018
BY: MCKENNA HORSLEY AND SARAH LADD Kentucky’s 2022 Overdose Fatality Report, released Thursday, shows the commonwealth saw its first decline in fatal overdoses since 2018. Still, 2,135 Kentuckians died from an overdose in 2022. Ninety percent of those deaths were from opioids and fentanyl. Potent inexpensive methamphetamines also continue to be a driving[Read More…]
Kentucky report on fatal overdoses brings good and bad news
by GIL MCCLANAHAN LOUISA, KY (WCHS) — Kentucky’s Overdose Fatality Report has been released, and it contains both good and bad news regarding the state’s efforts in fighting the national drug epidemic. The commonwealth is seeing its first decline in overdose deaths since 2018, but some say more work needs to be[Read More…]
Kentucky sees decline in overdose deaths in 2022; some areas still seeing issues
By Julia Sandor MADISON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – the 2022 overdose fatality report shows some improvements being made in Kentucky. Overdoses declined more than 5% last year compared to 2021. However, some haven’t felt much of that change. According to the 2022 overdose fatality report, more than 2,000 Kentuckians lost their[Read More…]
Overdose deaths fell in Kentucky last year. What to know about the numbers
By BRYCE SHREVE AND ERIN KELLY | KENTUCKY KENTUCKY — The number of Kentuckians lost to drug overdose in 2022 declined by more than 5% compared to the previous year, according to a report from the Office of Drug Control Policy. What You Need To Know The number of Kentuckians lost to drug[Read More…]
2022 Overdose Fatality Report released, Kentucky sees first decline in four years
FRANKFORT, KY (LEX 18) — Gov. Andy Beshear has released the 2022 Overdose Fatality Report. The report states 2,135 Kentuckians lost their lives to a drug overdose in 2022, which is a decline of more than 5% compared with the previous year. It is the first decline since 2018. The report[Read More…]
Kentucky overdose deaths decrease across state, but not locally
By Seth Austin KENTUCKY (WEHT) – Governor Andy Beshear released the 2022 Overdose Fatality Report on Thursday. The report says 2,135 Kentuckians lost their lives to a drug overdose last year, a decline of more than 5% compared to the previous year, and the first decline since 2018. The report[Read More…]