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…]
Nonprofit naloxone maker celebrates FDA approval by donating 200,000 doses
By Lev Facher | Aug. 9, 2023 A nonprofit naloxone manufacturer is celebrating its recent market approval by giving away 200,000 doses of its over-the-counter nasal spray. Harm Reduction Therapeutics said in a statement that it will donate nearly a quarter-million doses of its new product to the Remedy Alliance, an organization[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…]
As the opioid epidemic worsens, recovery-friendly policies are the next frontier in workplace inclusion
BY ERIKA FRY July 27, 2023 at 5:30 AM EDT An opioid emergency kit at Genfoot, a boot manufacturer in Littleton, N.H. PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY LUONG For employers interested in cultivating a recovery-friendly culture, getting started can be daunting. The U.S. Department of Labor offers some guidance at its Recovery-Ready[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…]
New addiction recovery outreach opens in Pikeville
By Buddy Forbes and Jordan Mullins Published: Jul. 25, 2023 at 5:50 PM EDT PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) – A new addiction recovery outreach has recently opened in Pikeville and is working to change the model for addressing the issues. Protea Behavioral Health Counseling operates on a ‘barrier reduction’ model, which works to reintegrate its[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…]
Disrupting Addiction: A KET Forum
Annual drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell for the first time since 2018. Renee Shaw talks with a panel of drug recovery advocates, survivors and providers about this finding and the work underway to ease the public health crisis of addiction.