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State data show annual deaths from drug overdoses in Kentucky increased in 2020 and again in 2021. And most of those losses involved an opioid.

Funded by a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first-of-its-kind surveillance system will use artificial intelligence to predict potential overdose surges — helping the state take more strategic action in addressing the opioid epidemic.

University of Kentucky researchers are creating an innovative statewide surveillance system to inform prevention and response efforts aimed at reducing the burden of opioid use disorder in Kentucky.

With Kentucky drug deaths topping 2,200 in 2021, are par of University of Kentucky researchers are creating a surveillance system using artificial intelligence to alert prevention and response personnel that conditions for a surge in overdoses are occurring.