Dec 17 Community Centerstone’s ‘Living Room’ Program Is Now Open To The Public The Living Room began as a pilot project. It aims to divert people in crisis from jail, the ER or inpatient hospitalization and connect them to community resources. By Kyeland Jackson Dec 17 Community Centerstone's 'Living Room' Program Is Now Open To The Public Kyeland Jackson
Oct 2 Health Federal Grant To Help Louisville Health Center Fight Opioid Addiction The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is giving almost $5.6 million dollars to community health centers in Kentucky to fight the ongoing opioid epidemic. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 2 Health Federal Grant To Help Louisville Health Center Fight Opioid Crisis Lisa Gillespie
Sep 26 Community Jefferson Family Recovery Court To Open Next Month Eight years after state funding cuts ended Jefferson County’s family drug court, a group has raised enough money to open a new court next month. By Kyeland Jackson Sep 26 Community Jefferson Family Recovery Court To Open Next Month Kyeland Jackson
Aug 22 Community Louisville Program Aims To Divert Drug Offenders To Treatment Instead Of Jail The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program is being supported by a $400,000 federal grant, and will start in the Russell and Portland neighborhoods. By Kyeland Jackson Aug 22 Community Program Aims To Divert Drug Offenders To Treatment Instead Of Jail Kyeland Jackson
Jun 25 Health Controversial Nonprofit Funded By Drug Companies Moves Into Kentucky The Addiction Policy Forum is funded by drug companies that make the medication-assisted treatment drugs used to help people stay off opioids. By Lisa Gillespie Jun 25 Health Controversial Nonprofit Funded By Drug Companies Moves Into Kentucky Lisa Gillespie
May 10 Health Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Effects Of Opioid Crackdown As the opioid epidemic continues, doctors are prescribing fewer opioids which leaves patients with complex diseases and chronic pain few options for relief. By Lisa Gillespie May 10 Health Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Effects Of Opioid Crackdown Lisa Gillespie
Apr 11 Health Kentucky Will Soon Lead Nation In Syringe Exchanges, But Work Isn’t Done Kentucky will soon have the largest number of syringe exchange sites in the country — surpassing larger, more populous states like California and New Mexico. By Lisa Gillespie Apr 11 Health Ky. Will Soon Lead Nation In Syringe Exchanges, But Work Isn't Done Lisa Gillespie
Mar 19 Health Kentucky Launches New Tool In Fight Against Opioid Abuse Health care providers in Kentucky have a new tool to gauge how their prescribing patterns compare with their peers. By Lisa Autry Mar 19 Health Kentucky Launches New Tool In Fight Against Opioid Abuse Lisa Autry
Mar 16 Health Amid Opioid Epidemic, Louisville Releases 2-Year Plan To Address Substance Abuse Louisville’s overdose death rate is more than double the national rate, and also exceeds Kentucky's rate, officials say. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 16 Health Louisville Releases 2-Year Plan To Address Substance Abuse Lisa Gillespie
Mar 15 Health How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides? Opioid overdoses and related deaths are still climbing, statistics show. Teasing out which overdoses are intentional can be hard, but is important for treatment, doctors say. By Martha Bebinger Mar 15 Health How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides? Martha Bebinger
Mar 6 Health Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened In just one year, overdoses from opioids jumped by about 30 percent, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By Rob Stein, NPR Mar 6 Health Jump In Overdoses Shows Opioid Epidemic Has Worsened Rob Stein, NPR
Nov 17 Community Meth Is Still A Large, Growing Problem In Louisville More people in Louisville are being charged for possessing methamphetamines than for heroin and opiates combined, according to police data. By Kyeland Jackson Nov 17 Community Meth Is Still A Large, Growing Problem In Louisville Kyeland Jackson
Oct 27 Community Got Prescription Drugs You Need To Toss? Do It Saturday LMPD Chief Steve Conrad and federal officials on Friday announced the next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which happens Saturday, Oct. 28. By Kyeland Jackson Oct 27 Community Got Prescription Drugs You Need To Toss? Do It Saturday Kyeland Jackson
Oct 26 Health Little Regional Coordination As Trump Addresses Opioid Emergency Officials and addiction treatment experts in the Ohio Valley say they’ve had little contact from the administration as it developed the emergency plan. By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 26 Health Little Regional Coordination As Trump Addresses Opioid Emergency Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 20 Health Group Aims To Bring Back Family Drug Court — Without State Or Federal Funds In 2010, Kentucky pulled funding for family drug courts — a program for parents who’d had social services take their children away because of of addiction. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 20 Health Group Aims To Bring Back Family Drug Court Without State Funds Lisa Gillespie