Kentucky hospitals are helping turn the tide on the opioid crisis

Kentucky hospitals are helping turn the tide on the opioid crisis

Access to naloxone, or Narcan, has helped decrease overdose deaths in Kentucky. Naloxone, shown in this photo at the Louisville jail, reverses overdose effects. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)When a Kentucky woman called an emergency department earlier this year, she wasn’t asking whether treatment was available. Through tears, she was asking whether anyone would judge her for needing it. She had been referred to the hospital for help man…