Tag: recovery
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Recovery Rally shares message of hope
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear proclaimed September as Recovery Month in Kentucky at a Recovery Rally held Sept. 5 at the Kentucky State Capitol. “Today we...
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Boyd, Carter, Clay, Greenup, Letcher and Owsley counties certified as Recovery Ready Communities, totaling 31
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six more Kentucky counties have been certified as Recovery Ready Communities, signaling that they have the services needed to help their residents recover from...
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Kentucky adds 6 more Recovery Ready Communities, as it recognizes those lost to overdose and also in recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The 2025 Recovery Rally will be held Sept. 5 at the Kentucky State Capitol in celebration of National Recovery Month, which is observed every...
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Kentucky senator looks to create a pathway to study ibogaine for the treatment of addiction
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Kentucky lawmaker plans to introduce a bill during the next legislative session to allow researchers to study an illegal psychedelic drug called ibogaine...
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Health committee to discuss ibogaine as a potential treatment for opioid addiction on Aug. 27
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services will hold an informational hearing on the potential role of ibogaine in treating substance use disorder and...
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Registration is now open for Kentucky Opioid Symposium, hosted by state’s opioid commission
Registration for the 2025 Kentucky Opioid Symposium is now open. The symposium, hosted by the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission, will be held at the Kentucky International Convention Center in...
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State gets $14.4 million more in opioid settlement with 8 manufacturers
Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman announced July 14 that his office had secured $14.4 million in additional settlement dollars from opioid manufacturers. “These companies preyed on the people...
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State health initiative focuses on addiction and harm reduction in July
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The focus of July’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative is substance use disorder, otherwise known as addiction, and harm reduction. “More than 80,000 people...
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LEX18: Addiction recovery centers adjusting to payment cuts, calling the cuts ‘detrimental’ to client care
Cuts to Medicaid from the insurance companies that are hired to manage them will be “detrimental” to the recovery community, according to Isaiah House, Kentucky’s largest non-profit addiction recovery organization,...
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Kentucky to award grants worth $5 million for opioid research, innovation
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission will award $5 million in grant money for research projects and “innovative approaches to developing and implementing effective novel...