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Kentucky’s largest city is expanding a program that directs certain mental health 911 calls away from police. Louisville’s two-year-old...
University of Kentucky researchers are creating an innovative statewide surveillance system to inform prevention and response efforts aimed at...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A recent University of Kentucky study found that overdose fatalities in Kentucky are on the decline overall....
KY: Kentucky’s commitment to mental health: FindHelpNow website unveils transformative enhancements
/ Kentucky, USAFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 18, 2024) —The website FindHelpNowKY.org, established in 2018 to connect individuals with substance use disorder to addiction treatment facilities,...
KY: Gov. Beshear Awards Nearly $6 Million in Grant Funding To Help Pregnant and Parenting Women Fight Addiction
/ Kentucky, USAFunding to Address Adverse Events Related to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2024) – Today, Gov. Andy...
US: States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people
/ Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, USALack of awareness and cultural stigma have hampered naloxone distribution. Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the...
KY: DEA says Fentanyl laced with Xylazine found in NKY, Louisville, indicating ‘third wave’ of opioid epidemic
/ Kentucky, USAFentanyl in Kentucky may be now laced with an animal tranquilizer called Xylazine, what drug officials are calling the...
State leading the way in access to drug treatment, recovery FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 24, 2023) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear...
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