Kentucky overdose deaths declined in 2025 in four-year downward trend

By: Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 30, 2026

Words: 611

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Help is available to Kentuckians living with addiction. For resources, visit https://findhelpnow.org/ky. In physical emergencies, call 911. For mental health crises, call or text 988. Locate free Naloxone (Narcan), which can reverse overdoses, near you here.

For the fourth year in a row, the number of Kentuckians who died from drug overdoses declined in 2025, according to the annual overdose report that was released Thursday.

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