BY KHYATI PATEL | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When addiction strikes, it often impacts whole families, including the person dealing with the substance abuse. In May 2021, we introduced a Scott County family who lost their son to an opioid overdose. What You Need To Know A Kentucky couple is restarting support groups called[Read More…]
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ARC closes on Bellefonte Hospital
By Henry Culvyhouse | The Daily Independent RUSSELL Addiction Recovery Care announced Wednesday that it has closed on the purchase of a portion of Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, less than a week after the Greenup County Joint Planning Commission gave the nod on a subdivision proposal. ARC, which proposed plans[Read More…]
Deputies helping connect people to addiction recovery resources through Badges of Hope program
By Blaine McDonald, Mason Watkins PADUCAH — Badges of Hope is a program of the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department offering people who struggle with substance abuse a ride to recovery. Twenty-five days into 2023, three people have already received help through Badges of Hope. The sheriff’s department offers the program in partnership[Read More…]
Addiction Recovery Care to open treatment center in SWVA
By Brandon Robinson DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WYMT) – The drug addiction crisis doesn’t recognize state lines and one Kentucky-based recovery organization is planning an expansion into a neighboring state. On Wednesday, officials with Addiction Recovery Care announced they are partnering with the Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority to build a new[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…]
Kentucky moving toward more holistic approach to substance abuse treatment
By Mark Vanderhoff, Reporter | WLKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky has developed a comprehensive strategy for combatting substance abuse treatment, and the $842 million in legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies and distributors could help fund key components. That’s according to key figures who spoke to state lawmakers on Thursday in[Read More…]
Addiction recovery groups discuss fighting substance abuse at Drug Summit
By Chandler Wilcox HARLAN, Ky. (WYMT) – Addiction recovery specialists are faced with a new monster, fentanyl, which they say was responsible for 73% of drug overdose deaths last year. Groups came together in response for a Drug Summit in Harlan, where hours of education with moments of emotional pleas took[Read More…]
Great Health Divide | EKY addiction recovery ecosystem is strong, but gaps, high demand remain
Successful pre-pandemic efforts provide a blueprint as advocates try to address COVID-era overdose increases. By Garrett Wymer CORBIN, Ky. (WKYT) – Before he led Addiction Recovery Care, Tim Robinson was in need of addiction recovery care. “I almost drank myself to death,” Robinson told WKYT’s Garrett Wymer on a recent winter day inside Corbin City[Read More…]
Churches in Hopkins County focus on addiction recovery
By CHIP HUTCHESON Kentucky Today WHITE PLAINS, Ky. (KT) – Two churches in Hopkins County have embraced the “love your neighbor” commandment by offering programs aimed to help those battling addictions. J.D. Holt, pastor of White Plains Missionary Baptist Church, said significant addiction problems in the county prompted the beginning[Read More…]
New Study Shows Few Patients Adhere to Opioid Treatment Plans
A new study shows that fewer than a third of patients who were given drugs in emergency departments to treat an opioid addiction follow up and continue their treatments. The staggering statistics reveal the importance of addressing the social determinants of addiction and ensuring patients can access clinics and community[Read More…]