Many aging baby boomers have long histories with drugs, cannabis and alcohol. “The field wasn’t ready for that,” said one expert. By Paula Span | July 9, 2023 When Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist, meets new patients at the School of Medicine at the University of California,[Read More…]
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Treatment, Recovery & Prevention Lexington Times: Kentucky has 84 syringe-service programs in 65 counties; the pandemic slowed their growth, but two have opened this yearKentucky Health News: DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanylBloomberg Law: After the[Read More…]
After the Addiction, Opioid Users Struggle to Get Back to Work
By Annelise Gilbert, Bloomberg Law July 6, 2023 Given the nationwide opioid epidemic, John said he didn’t think disclosing his methadone treatment for a previous opioid addiction to his employer would be a big deal. The clinic where he received treatment six times a week was only four or five[Read More…]
More than half of Kentucky’s counties now have harm reduction programs for IV drug users
Two syringe services opened this year as Estill County went to a mobile clinic after Irvine council balked. BY: MELISSA PATRICK, KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS JULY 6, 2023 Kentucky has added two new syringe-service programs for intravenous drug users this year, bringing the total to 84 SSPs, in 65 of the state’s[Read More…]
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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…]
ARC working to de-stigmatize addiction treatment
By Derek Parham BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – For the first time since 2018, overdose fatalities in Kentucky are trending downward, despite the national average continuing on an upward trend. Kentucky and eight other states nationwide have experienced a decrease in overdose deaths. For the Commonwealth, we’ve observed a five percent[Read More…]
Hatfield joins Addiction Recovery Care
BELLEFONTE Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) announced Wednesday that Timothy Hatfield has joined the company’s leadership team, according to a news release. Hatfield will serve as president of ARC’s newly formed hospital division, which will carry out the organization’s efforts to offer more comprehensive behavioral health and mental health services. In this[Read More…]
‘I’m actually living:’ Louisville car dealership partners with sober living facility
BY ERIN KELLY | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Ford dealership on Fifth Street in downtown Louisville was a short walk from Beacon House, the sober living facility where James Sherrill Jr. had been staying nearly 10 years ago, and Sherrill needed a job. He started as a shuttle driver and began working[Read More…]
Rx and Illicit Drug Summit
Where Solutions Are Formulated and Change Begins The Largest, Most Influential Event Addressing the Opioid & Addiction Crisis More than one million lives have been lost since the start of the opioid epidemic. Overdoses and deaths involving synthetic opioids have reached record rates, and every community across our nation is[Read More…]
Few rehab centers for addicted teens offer recommended medicine, US study finds
A new study finds only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for U.S. teens offers a recommended treatment medicine for opioid addiction. By CARLA K. JOHNSON – AP Medical Writer Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study[Read More…]