By Josh Kelly | JULY 23, 2023 | 12:08 AM Addiction Recovery Care opened its West 2nd Street location, marking its first residential treatment program in Western Kentucky on Saturday. They will begin transitioning clients from other treatment centers to the Yellow Banks Recovery Center. The location on 3136 W 2nd[Read More…]
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Former addict launches program in Kentucky to help others find sobriety
WILLISBURG, Ky. (LEX 18) — A decade ago, Jason Roop couldn’t imagine that he’d be sitting here, resplendent in a blazer and slacks and talking to a reporter about his life. Once a high school tennis star good enough to play in college, Roop’s life spiraled into a 17-year addiction.[Read More…]
Health: Providers still hesitate to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction, despite ‘X-waiver’ removal
By Lev Facher | July 21, 2023 Significant challenges remain before most American clinicians feel comfortable treating patients with buprenorphine, according to a new study. While the federal government’s recent moves to deregulate buprenorphine have led to a bump in new prescribers, it didn’t lead to a significant bump in overall prescribing volume. Many[Read More…]
Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update
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…]
Art helping Kentucky women overcome addictions
Art helping Kentucky women overcome addictions By Phil Pendleton Published: Jul. 20, 2023 at 3:38 PM EDT PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – Art is being used in Southern Kentucky to help people overcome their addictions. The Sky Hope Recovery Center in Somerset recently received a new grant to further that endeavor. Deep[Read More…]
Kentucky Recovery News | Weekly Update
Treatment, Recovery & Prevention Local News Lexington Herald-Leader: Opinion – Vivitrol is not the only answer to opioid recovery Spectrum News: Kentucky alert system reports high number of overdoses Louisville Public Media: Here’s who controls the $50 billion opioid settlement funds in each state WPSD-TV: Substance abuse impacts older adults,[Read More…]
Thirteen in Anderson die from drug overdoses
Jul 13, 2023 FRANKFORT — The battle has not been won but a national report finds that Kentucky is one of eight states making significant reductions in drug overdose deaths. Gov. Andy Beshear released the 2022 Overdose Fatality Report stating that 2,135 Kentuckians lost their lives to a drug overdose[Read More…]
How the pandemic spurred a push to expand methadone access
BY JOSEPH CHOI | 07/12/23 | 5:30 AM ET A bipartisan push to expand methadone access across America is picking up momentum after restrictions on the medication were relaxed during the pandemic. Methadone is one of the most effective treatments available for opioid use disorder (OUD), however experts have long feared[Read More…]
What does it mean to be ‘in recovery’? We need a better federal definition.
By Mitchell Berger | July 11, 2023 STAT News | FIRST OPINION “When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Though he was a formidable philosopher and logician, Carroll[Read More…]
White House launches national response plan for combatting ‘tranq’ drug deaths
By NATHANIEL WEIXEL | 07/11/23 | 5:00 AM ET The Biden administration is rolling out a national response plan to deal with the threat of fentanyl combined with xylazine. Xylazine, also known as “tranq,” is an easily accessible veterinary drug approved for use in animals as a sedative and pain reliever. But it is[Read More…]