today

a loved one died

a preventable death

from a treatable disease

because treatment was prevented

yesterday

These are dark days: 

• Over 270,000 Kentuckians have opioid use disorder – almost 6% of our state’s population.
• While we might be saving more Kentuckians from overdose deaths, we are not seeing fewer overdoses. The number of overdose events in Kentucky is actually rising.
• And about four Kentuckians die from overdose every single day.

But light is coming…

Senator Julie Raque Adams, has submitted a bill request to fix this problem. The bill, which is still being finalized: (1) restores autonomy for patients, (2) empowers EMS to treat within the full scope of their practice, (3) protects physicians practicing responsibly, and (4) ensures veterans can access medications endorsed by the experts in accordance with research-based best practices.

In short, this bill will save lives.

Treatment approaches for addiction are generally as successful as those for other chronic diseases, and buprenorphine is proven to be our best medication to treat opioid addiction and prevent overdose deaths. Senator Adams’ bill will allow our loved ones with opioid addiction, who need buprenorphine, to get buprenorphine when they need buprenorphine. Please support Senator Julie Raque Adams’ bill.

The Kentucky General Assembly starts on January 6, 2026.

Questions for our Commonwealth…

• Why is it easier to prescribe OxyContin –which CAUSES addiction—than to prescribe buprenorphine—which TREATS addiction?

• Why are FIRST RESPONDERS allowed to reverse overdoses, but not allowed to prevent overdoses?

• Why are VETERANS denied safe medications – like buprenorphine – only to be forced onto dangerous medications – like fentanyl?

• Why do our state officials proclaim that buprenorphine decreases overdoses by 50% and then enforce outdated laws that deny access to it?

• And why does our state require a federal “waiver” to prescribe buprenorphine, when the feds eliminated that “waiver” THREE years ago?

Let’s pass Senator Julie Raque Adams’ addiction treatment access bill in 2026 to make these questions moot – and make Kentucky a safer, healthier place to live long and prosper.  That would be glorious!

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