opioids

A grassroots community coalition that advocates substance use disorder solutions celebrates 10 years at an event in Jeffersonville Monday.

U.S. drug deaths dropped by roughly 40% last year among people under the age of 35. It's a welcome pivot for families and communities devastated by fentanyl.

As a national coalition aims to reduce overdose deaths in Black communities, one Louisville mother is turning her grief into advocacy to increase awareness.

Business owners and city officials in Nashville have implemented a program that uses an opioid reversal kit created in West Virginia to bolster harm reduction efforts in the city’s tourism district.

Louisville will spend $2.9 million in one-time opioid settlement funding on expanding addiction prevention programming in schools and other services.

Louisville Metro Council is expected to vote Thursday night on how to divvy up a fourth round of opioid settlement money.

Attorney General Russell Coleman accused OptumRx of playing a central role in what he calls the reckless promotion, dispensing and oversupply of opioids. Kentucky was at the center of the addiction crisis with some of the nation’s highest overdose death rates.

A new CDC report shows at least 16,000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the biggest drop in fatal overdoses seen since the opioid crisis began in the 90s.

Hoosier Action, a group that focuses on community issues and empowering voters, is hosting a bipartisan town hall Sunday in Scottsburg to foster connections between lawmakers, candidates and voters over the issues that impact residents directly.

Addiction Recovery Care, or ARC, runs over 30 treatment centers in Kentucky. Now it’s under federal scrutiny.