Recovery Kentucky recently opened its 15th Recovery Center for men in Bowling Green. Story by Lisa Autry “It’s opening day for a substance abuse treatment center in Bowling Green. Recovery Kentucky will begin accepting clients at its new men’s campus on Old Louisville Road. Former heroin addict Chris Thomas is…
WHAS 11 News Interview Louisville! Naloxone Kits for general public: those who have a loved one: parents, siblings, active users, friends, and those at risk–please, please, please get trained in this life saving medication. You can help save a life and reverse an overdose. Urgent! Fentanyl laced heroin has hit…
Read Story by Wave 3 News The KyHRC has been busy providing Naloxone Training through out the state. Recently , in Jefferson County, there has been a surge of overdoses in the metro Louisville area. According to Chief Conrad from Louisville Metro Police, the increase has jumped to 162%. What’s…
Reposting this news from Shepherdsville, KY. Hillview KyHRC is proud to have partnered with Hillview Police to provide their officers and staff with Naloxone Opiate Overdose Training. Hillview, since their training, have reversed 3 overdoses. SAVING LIVES: Hillview police use Narcan twice in one day to combat overdoses Posted: 02/22/2016…
Department of Public Health and Wellness in Louisville has opened its doors to the community for the Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition to provide Naloxone Kits and Training Sessions to those who may be around someone at risk of overdosing. Details here
WHAS 11 covers Kentucky Harm Reduction Naloxone Training at the Louisville Department of Health and Wellness, which have been a tremendous support in getting Naloxone into the hands of people in Jefferson County at risk of being around someone who overdoses from an opiate. Naloxone can reverse an opiate overdose….
FULL STORY HERE KyHRC and members of the Metro Council partnered to host a free Naloxone Training and distribution. WDRB reporter, Danielle Lama covered the story. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Officials say the heroin epidemic in Louisville has reached ‘a crisis level.’ Tuesday night, members of Metro Council and the Kentucky…
VIEW VIDEO & FULL STORY HERE LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) Antoinette Konz “In many ways, Hannah Gadd doesn’t want to remember the pain and heartache that Sept. 29, 2013, brought to her family. Hannah, who is now a senior at Louisville Male High School, was at home with her parents when she found…
Personal Therapy: 5 myths about addiction smashed by evidenced based science By Michael Pond, Special to the Sun I’ve had the good fortune to be part of a film this year, made by my partner Maureen Palmer, which will air on CBC’s The Nature of Things on Jan. 21. In…
See video and story here After KyHRC provided a Naloxone Training in Valley Station on October 12, ten days later a mother saved her son from a heroin overdose with Naloxone she had received from the training. The training was set up in Valley Station by Kristen Keller in memory…
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