Wayne child found at home with meth »
Child found at Wayne meth lab MONTICELLO – A 2-year-old girl was treated for exposure to methamphetamine after being found in a home where the highly toxic drug had been produced. This was the second incident involving endangerment to a child in Wayne County this week. Both 45-year-old Paul Sweet Sr. and 24-year-old Samantha Carter [...]
Free Breathitt basketball camp »
UNITE ‘Shoot Hoops Not Drugs’ basketball camp to be held at Breathitt County High on June 14 JACKSON – The third of six free regional basketball camps offered by Operation UNITE this summer will be held Tuesday, June 14, at Breathitt County High School in Jackson. Camp begins at 4 p.m. and lasts approximately three [...]
UNITE partners with DEA for pill take-back day »
LONDON – Operation UNITE has partnered with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to promote participation in its second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30. At least four locations in the UNITE region have joined more than 4,700 sites across the nation in the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and [...]
Prescription monitoring provides tool for early intervention; education key to reducing deaths »
PRESTONSBURG – Kentucky’s efforts to monitor the sale of prescription drugs continues to be among the best in the country, but there is still much to be accomplished, the head of a national monitoring initiative told members of UNITE’s Medical Advisory Council Thursday night. “The problem is growing worse rapidly,” said John Eadie, director of [...]
UNITE targets prescription pill pushers in Breathitt County drug roundup »
JACKSON – Two dozen individuals who have been trafficking prescription pills in the Breathitt County area were targeted for arrest Wednesday, January 5, by Operation UNITE. During an investigation that spanned six months, UNITE detectives along with officers from the Jackson Police Department purchased a variety of pills, primarily Percocet, OxyContin and Lortab. “The Jackson [...]
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Road to Recovery 2010
Symposium brings professionals together to seek solutions for drug addiction, workplace safety »
HAZARD –Better utilization of the state’s prescription drug monitoring program, increasing education about the disease of addiction, and providing greater collaboration and communication on available resources were all short-term priorities identified by medical professionals attending an Operation UNITE symposium held Saturday. The symposium brought together more than 300 physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, social workers, substance [...]
WestCare provides 4,100 volunteer hours to community, youth »
WestCare residents provide more than 4,100 hours of volunteer service to community, youth in 2009 PIKEVILLE – Residents at WestCare Kentucky’s facilities in Pike County provided 3,050 volunteer man-hours of service for community service projects and in support of Operation UNITE’s youth initiative during 2009. Clients of the residential substance abuse treatment facility in Ashcamp [...]
$500,000 pledged to UNITE treatment programs »
HAZARD –Kentucky River Properties, LLC, has pledged $500,000 to the Operation UNITE Foundation over the next five years to provide substance abuse treatment. The first $100,000 installment was formally presented to UNITE Director Karen Engle and Fifth District Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers during a dinner held at Hazard Community and Technical College on January 25. [...]
Suboxone investigation leads to 14 warrants »
MANCHESTER – Fourteen Clay County residents have been identified for arrest following a 10-month undercover investigation by Operation UNITE centering on the illegal sale and distribution of the drug Suboxone. In conjunction with the Manchester Police Department, which also had drug-related warrants to serve, UNITE detectives set out to arrest approximately 20 suspects early Tuesday [...]
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