On Kentucky Tonight, airing Monday, May 5, Renee Shaw and a panel of policy makers, treatment providers and recovery advocates will examine state and regional responses to the ongoing opioid epidemic.

Scheduled guests include:

• Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman
• Van Ingram, executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy
• Ralph Alvarado, MD, FACP, former Kentucky state senator and current commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health
• Tom Vicini, president and CEO of Operation UNITE
• Ashley Miller, executive director of Lifeline Recovery Center in Paducah

The program is the second in a two-part special report on the 2025 Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. Held in Nashville recently, the four-day conference is the largest, most influential event addressing the opioid crisis and serves as an outlet where strategies and resources to address the problem can be shared and put into action.

Kentucky Tonight
KET Monday, May 5 • 8/7 pm
Watch on-demand at KET.org and the PBS App

Kentucky Tonight programs are available online at KET.org and are rebroadcast on KET and KET KY. Kentucky Tonightis a weekly KET production.

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