opioids

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.

More than a year after localities across Kentucky began receiving shares of the state’s opioid settlement funding, several local leaders in far western Kentucky are still figuring out how best they can use those funds to tackle the opioid epidemic.

Health officials in eastern Kentucky say access to naloxone has improved throughout the past couple years, in part because of state and federal programs that support local health departments and emergency services.

A recent study from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business identifies an important factor in the opioid epidemic.

Fewer Kentuckians died from overdoses last year, but the numbers are still far above pre-pandemic levels. Advocates say Kentucky needs more people mentoring others through addiction and recovery.