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New federal data shows the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the country’s deadliest 12-month period for drug overdose fatalities, including a sharp…

The report says the largest drop in fatal overdoses occurred in Jefferson County.

Kentucky will soon have the largest number of syringe exchange sites in the country — surpassing larger, more populous states like California and New Mexico.

The Ohio Valley’s numbers on the opioid crisis are grim, especially so in West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest rate of overdose deaths.

Heroin overdoses. Transparency in politics. Economic development and homeless camps. WFPL's Jacob Ryan covered a wide range of topics this year.

More people in Louisville are being charged for possessing methamphetamines than for heroin and opiates combined, according to police data.

In 2016, more than 190 Kentuckians overdosed on Opana ER — the extended release version of the pain medication manufactured by Endo Pharmaceuticals.

Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia collectively have an overdose death rate that is twice the national average.

“The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I am saying, officially, right now, it is an emergency,” Trump said at his golf resort in New Jersey on August 10.

Chief Medical Officer Harold Paz says the donation is part of the work the insurance provider is doing to aid in the opioid epidemic.