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For all the attention the opioid epidemic has received, timely reliable data are often lacking. Some cities are trying to fill the information gaps.

In Louisville and in cities across the country, heroin use is surging — and taxing local resources, including homeless shelters.

Fewer Kentucky 10th graders reported using drugs in 2016 than they did the previous year, but slightly more students attempted to kill themselves.

There's growing urgency among state policymakers to fight the addiction epidemic. The number of opioid overdose deaths quadrupled from 1999 to 2015.

Joe Strothman was prepared to see someone overdosing. He was even prepared for it to happen in front of his house. And in February, it did.

At least three different suppliers provide naloxone to various city agencies. The process has drawn criticism from some elected leaders.

Experts say the cost of antidotes will keep rising. Opioid addiction is considered an epidemic and the drug of choice has never been more potent.

A summit on addiction held last winter at U of L has produced a slew of recommendations for overcoming the heroin and opioid epidemic in Kentucky.

The woman's lips were blue. Officer Brian Hamblin knelt beside her. If he didn't act fast, she'd likely die within minutes.

“Everyone has some kind of addiction. I believe it’s that hole everyone has in their heart that you’re trying to fill — I’ve filled it with drugs