LOUISVILLE – Operation UNITE’s unique three-pronged approach to combating drug misuse and abuse was honored by the national Addiction Policy Forum as one of 10 innovative programs addressing Kentucky’s addiction crisis. The “Kentucky Innovations to Address Addiction” report was released by Addiction Policy Forum November 6 during a luncheon ceremony at Churchill Downs. “The Kentucky Innovation Now report recognizes revolutionary programs, such as...

The UNITE Hope Wall was featured during a kick-off luncheon for Citizens Attacking Addiction held at the University Club at the University of Louisville on October 23, 2019. Guest speaker was Russell M. Coleman, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, who called Operation UNITE “a gold standard” for addressing the drug crisis in Kentucky. Coleman noted the Hope Wall was a perfect way to inform people that recovery may be “a long, hard,...

By Janie Slaven, Commonwealth Journal, 10-22-2019 “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” — Martin Luther Six were honored during the Fall Graduation Ceremony for the 28th Judicial Circuit Adult Drug Court on Wednesday, October 16: Mark Calhoun, David Carroll, Stephanie Dye, Ashley Huddleston, Jacob Miller and Jordan Powell. Operation UNITE President and CEO Nancy Hale as guest speaker offered more than just inspirational words. A teacher for...

Washington, D.C. (10-21-19) – Kentucky Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers, who has spearheaded congressional efforts to battle the scourge of opioid addiction, will be honored in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 23, by Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse (MAPDA). The non-profit, chaired by his former House GOP colleague Mary Bono, was founded by mothers who have lost children to the opioid epidemic, which has struck Rogers’s native Kentucky with...

MALVERN, Pa. (PRWEB) – HMP, a leading healthcare event and education company, announced October 7, 2019, that the 9th annual Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit—the nation’s largest meeting addressing the opioid epidemic—will take place for the first time in Nashville, Tennessee, April 13-16, 2020. Founded in 2012, the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit is the largest annual gathering of professionals from “federal to family” — local, state, and...

Nancy Hale, president/CEO of Operation UNITE, moderated a panel called “Collaborating to Beat the Opioid Epidemic” at a BRIGHT Kentucky meeting in Corbin on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The stop was part of a visit to the Cumberland Region (Corbin, Somerset, Monticello) to discuss “Collaborating for a Higher Impact.” To view photos from the event click here. BRIGHT Kentucky, a program of Leadership Kentucky, is designed to build the capacity of...

FRANKFORT – September is National Recovery Month for people struggling with substance abuse, so hundreds of people gathered at the Kentucky State Capitol to walk for awareness.   State officials, those in recovery, and recovery advocates – such as Operation UNITE – were part of more than 300 people who took part in the “Walk for Recovery” on Monday, September 16.   Starting at the end of Capitol Avenue, the march to the...