2019 KY Governor's race: on Drugs
Robert Goforth:
Project DARIS: combat drugs by educating students
After spending years going into schools across Kentucky to provide a free drug-education prevention program called Project DARIS to students across our state, the drug epidemic weighed so heavy on me that I decided to seek a public service opportunity
to be able to have a greater impact on policy. I ran for state representative and was elected to serve the people of the 89th House District in Jackson, and portions of Laurel and Madison counties.
Now, I'm running for governor because Kentucky deserves a choice. I will support our teachers and public education, fund public pensions, combat drugs, fix our infrastructure and help
Kentucky live up to its greatest potential. I humbly ask for your vote and support in the primary election.
Source: MSN.com on 2019 Kentucky governor's race
May 10, 2019
Andy Beshear:
Legalize medical marijuana; maybe it'll replace opioids
I support placing medical marijuana legalization on the ballot as a constitutional amendment and would vote in its favor. I would vote for it because I've seen the impact opioids have had on every Kentucky community. So many Kentucky families have
seen a loved one fall into addiction, and their lives have been devastated. If medical marijuana is an alternative and gives people the chance to get pain relief without being subjected to opioids, I think it's something we've got to explore.
Source: 2019 Kentucky Gubernatorial campaign website AndyBeshear.com
May 2, 2019
Adam Edelen:
More beds in Kentucky to treat the scourge of addition
Treatment for substance abuse disorders should not be a luxury. There is a shameful lack of beds in Kentucky to treat the scourge of addition and those we do have are often inaccessible to communities that need them most. While there are costs that come
along with expanding treatment to those who are suffering, the bad actors who pushed opioids on our community should be the ones to foot the bill.- Adam Edelen will work to ensure that funds recovered from out of the state pharmaceutical companies
who created this problem go toward community based addiction treatment.
- Expanded Drug Court: Offer a path toward recovery and for low level and first time drug offenders.
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We can prevent thousands of our people from entering the criminal justice pipeline, and also help keep Kentucky families intact as one of their loved ones received the tools and skills they need.
Source: 2019 Kentucky governor campaign website AdamEdelen.com
Dec 31, 2018
Andy Beshear:
Sue opioid manufacturers & distributors who flood market
As Attorney General, Andy has fought tirelessly for Kentucky families. He has fought against the opioid epidemic by suing opioid manufacturers and distributors that have flooded
our communities with pills, creating the Kentucky Opioid Disposal Program, and going after rogue doctors and drug traffickers.
Source: 2019 Kentucky governor campaign website AndyBeshear.com
Dec 31, 2018
Andy Beshear:
Funding for prevention; focus on opioid disposal & treatment
Andy Beshear conducted year-end interviews, speaking about several topics and issues that the state currently faces, including his fight against opioids. The AG's office has filed eight total lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies in the state of
Kentucky in 2018. Beshear hopes this can be a turning point in ending the epidemic."These [lawsuits] give us the possibility, if these companies will be responsible and accountable, at having that moment where, maybe, we can put this crisis
behind us," Beshear said. "We can have the funding for prevention, for opioid disposal, where we can clean out every single medicine cabinet in
Kentucky, where everyone who needs treatment can get it, and then we have the services and recovery to keep people well."
Source: ABC-13-WBKO on 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial race
Nov 30, 2017
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