Podcasts Culture Connections with Renee Shaw Opioid Addiction Response and Research

Opioid Addiction Response and Research

Published: Sept. 16, 2019, 1:41 p.m.

Renee speaks with Andrea James, community response strategist in Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton's Office about a future workgroup that will guide approaches to curbing substance abuse in central Kentucky. And, in a separate segment, Sharon Walsh, Ph.D., director of the University of Kentucky's Center on Drug and Alcohol Research talks about UK's $87 million grant that seeks to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40% in 16 Kentucky counties.