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Lynne Huckleberry with Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition in the news

KyHRC in the News!

September 10, 2022/in Addictions: Biblical Applications, APPHS, Children's Narcan Training, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dealing with the Addict, Evidence based, Faith, fighting heroin, Funding for opioid crisis, get Naloxone, Harm Reduction, How the Church Can Help, Kentucky, Ky legislation addiction, KYHRC, Media coverage, Media interview opioids, My Story, Naloxone Training, needle clean up, Needle Exchange, News, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Psychology, Public Health, Substance Use Disorder Stories, Uncategorized/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

Check out this great article about KyHRC’s very own Lynne Huckleberry giving Narcan training and distribution to local bars. Everyone should be trained and carry Narcan! By Conroy Delouche Aug […]

International Overdose Awareness Day Rally!

August 23, 2022/in fighting heroin, Funding for opioid crisis, Harm Reduction, Ky legislation addiction, KYHRC, Media coverage, Media interview opioids, News, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Public Health, Recovery Centers, Substance Use Disorder Stories, United States/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. This year, we will not just remember those we have lost, or call for awareness. We will turn our pain into power and […]

Successful Addiction Treatment, Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

The Two Simple Edicts of Successful Addiction Treatment – New York Times Op-ed

August 17, 2022/in Dealing with the Addict, fighting heroin, Funding for opioid crisis, get Naloxone, Harm Reduction, Kentucky, KYHRC, Media interview opioids, Needle Exchange, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Psychology, Public Health, Recovery Centers, Substance Use Disorder Stories, United States/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

The Two Simple Edicts of Successful Addiction Treatment Aug. 15, 2022 By Beth Macy HICKORY, N.C. — On a chilly spring evening in 2021, Tim Nolan set up a portable […]

Ending Drug Overdoses in Kentucky, KyHRC and VocalKY

VOCAL-KY Works to End Drug Overdoses in Kentucky

August 10, 2022/in Dealing with the Addict, Evidence based, fighting heroin, Funding for opioid crisis, get Naloxone, Harm Reduction, Kentucky, Ky legislation addiction, KYHRC, Media coverage, Media interview opioids, My Story, Needle Exchange, News, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Psychology, Public Health, Recovery Centers, Substance Use Disorder Stories, Uncategorized, United States/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

Author: Alexis Jones August 3, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Members of Vocal Kentucky gathered at Jefferson Square Park Wednesday to share their “roadmap to ending drug overdoses.” Their plan includes funding […]

Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention Save Lives, Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

What is Harm Reduction – Today Show Online ft. KyHRC ED Shreeta Marie

July 23, 2022/in fighting heroin, Funding for opioid crisis, get Naloxone, Harm Reduction, KYHRC, Media coverage, Media interview opioids, Needle Exchange, News, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Public Health, Recovery Centers, Substance Use Disorder Stories, United States/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

July 11, 2022, 9:37 AM PDT By Kerry Breen As the overdose crisis in the United States continues — more than 100,000 people died of overdose in 2021, a new […]

Kentucky Drug Overdose Report 2021, KYHRC

2021 Kentucky Drug Overdose Report Released

June 22, 2022/in fighting heroin, Funding for opioid crisis, Harm Reduction, Kentucky, Ky legislation addiction, KYHRC, Needle Exchange, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Public Health, Substance Use Disorder Stories, Understanding the Descent into Addiction, United States/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

On June 13, the Commonwealth of Kentucky released the 2021 Kentucky Drug Overdose Report. The results are devastating, if not surprising. 2,250 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses in 2021, a […]

How Narcan Stops an Opioid Overdose, KyHRC

What Is Narcan and How Does It Stop Opioid Overdoses?

June 9, 2021/3 Comments/in Funding for opioid crisis, Harm Reduction, Kentucky, KYHRC, Naloxone Training, Opioids, Overdose reversals, overdoses from drugs, Public Health/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

What Is Narcan and How Does It Stop Opioid Overdoses? A kit containing naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote that the surgeon general is advising more Americans to keep nearby. CreditHiroko […]

KYHRC, Opioid Epidemic in the United States

The New York Times: Opioid Epidemic Isn’t Slowing

June 9, 2021/1 Comment/in Opioids, Substance Use Disorder Stories/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017 Fentanyl is a big culprit, but there are also encouraging signs from states that have prioritized public […]

Harm Reduction Restrictions Fuel HIV Outbreaks, Blog KYHRC

Report: Harm reduction restrictions helped fuel HIV outbreak

October 20, 2020/3 Comments/in Opioids, Psychology/by Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition

Report: Harm reduction restrictions helped fuel HIV outbreak By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch tstuck@hdmediallc.com HUNTINGTON — Access to HIV prevention and testing was limited in Cabell County prior to the […]

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