[♪♪] >> IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPACTFUL IF NOT DEVASTATING ON OUR FAMILIES.

>> Renee: FEMA SAYS NO TO HELPING SOME KENTUCKY FLOOD VICTIMS.

SO WHERE DO THINGS GO FROM HERE?

>> IT IS A SOURCE OF MISERY.

IT'S ALSO A SYMPTOM OF MISERY.

>> Renee: RFK JR.

SHARING HIS OWN ADDICTION STRUGGLES AND WHAT HELPED HIM ACHIEVE SOBRIETY AT A SPEECH TODAY AT THE RX SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE.

>> PERSONALLY I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT TO BAIL ME OUT.

>> Renee: AND KENTUCKY FARMERS LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS THURSDAY, APRIL THE 24TH I'M RENEE SHAW GOOD TO BE BACK IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR THURSDAY NIGHT WITH US.

>>> THIS WEEK "KENTUCKY EDITION" HAS BROUGHT YOU COVERAGE FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE OF THE WHVMENT X SUMMIT FOCUSED ON ADDICTION TREATMENT AND RECOVERY AS WELL AS PREVENTION.

TWO OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET TRAVELED TO TENNESSEE TO SPEAK, PAM BONDI AND ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. OUR LAURA ROGERS HAS MORE ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SHARED AT THE CONFERENCE.

>> CONGRESSMAN HAL ROGERS OF KENTUCKY'S FIFTH DISTRICT WELCOMING U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI TO THE RX SUMMIT.

ALL OF THE DRUGS INFILTRATED OUR COUNTRY.

>> SHE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SHUTTING DOWN THE PILL MILLS.

>> I WORKED WITH JACK CONWAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE TIME.

I THINK IT WAS CALLED THE OXYEXPRESS.

AND PEOPLE WOULD DRIVE DOWN FROM YOUR STATE FROM WEST VIRGINIA, FROM EVERYWHERE.

>> TENNESSEE.

>> TENNESSEE THEY WOULD DRIVE TO FLORIDA BECAUSE WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO REGULATIONS AND THEY WERE I CALLED THEM DRUG DEALERS WEARING WHITE COATS.

>> TODAY FENTANYL IS GETTING THE MOST ATTENTION WHICH IS COMING ACROSS THE BORDER.

>> FENTANYL, IT'S CARFENTANIL THESE CRAZY DRUGS THAT ARE MADE IN CHINA, ALL MADE IN CHINA AND SHIPPED TO MEXICO AND COME IN RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER INTO OUR COUNTRY.

>> ROGERS APPLAUDING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S BORDER POLICIES IN HELPING TO CURB THE FLOW.

>> FIRST IT'S ALL DONALD TRUMP HIS DIRECTIVE IN EVERYTHING WE DO IS WORKING WITH HIM SO KEEP AMERICA SAFE.

IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD THAT MAN OPEN HIS MOUTH HE IS ANTI-DRUGS.

>> ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI SAYS THIS YEAR THEY'VE SEIZED 21.5 MILLION FENTANYL PILLS AND 3100 POUNDS OF FENTANYL.

>> IT'S FLOWING INTO OUR COUNTRY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID NO MORE IT'S GOING TO STOP NO MORE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DRUGS AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STOP IT.

SO MANY OF THESE DRUGS ARE ALREADY IN OUR COUNTRY AND THAT IS WHY ALL OF YOU IN THIS AUDIENCE YOU CHAIRMAN HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS AND HELPING THESE VICTIMS AND GETTING THESE DRUGS OFF OUR STREETS.

>> THIS MORNING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR.

SPEAKING AT THE RX SUMMIT SHARING HIS STORY OF ADDICTION THAT BEGAN IN HIS TEENS.

>> I KNEW THAT I NEEDED A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.

BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO BE THE PERSON THAT I WAS.

I WANTED TO BE JUST A NORMAL PERSON.

THAT DIDN'T WAKE UP IN THE MORNING THINKING ABOUT DRUGS AND THINKING ABOUT THEM ALL DAY.

>> KENNEDY WHO LOST HIS BROTHER AND LOVED ONES TO OVERDOSES ENTERED A 12-STEP PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN IN RECOVERY 42 YEARS.

>> IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET SOBER.

AND YOUR SOBRIETY IS GOING TO BE ENDURING.

>> HE ATTRIBUTES HIS FAITH TO HIS JOURNEY AND ADMITS IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY.

>> WHEN THE CASH AND PRIZES START FLOWING IN THANKS GOD, I GOT IT FROM HERE.

AND TAKE THE WHEEL OF THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF THE CLIFF AGAIN.

AND THE CHALLENGE FOR ME, I THINK FOR ALL OF US TRYING TO MAINTAIN LONG-TERM SOBRIETY IS HOW DO WE STAY IN A POSTURE OF SURRENDER WHEN FORT D IS GOING WELL IN OUR LIVES.

>> KENNEDY SAYS FOUR DECADES LATER HE STILL ATTENDS 12-STEP MEETINGS TO STAY ON TRACK.

>> WHEN I CAME IN 42 YEARS AGO I SAID TO THE GUY HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP COMING TO THE MEETINGS AND HE SAID JUST KEEP COMING UNTIL YOU LIKE IT.

I'VE BEEN COMING 42 YEARS AND I STILL DON'T LIKE IT.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I GO EVERYDAY, BECAUSE WHEN I GO THE REST OF MY LIFE WORK THE LIGHTS TURN GREEN FOR ME.

A PARKING PLACE OPENS UP.

PEOPLE ANSWER THE PHONE.

THE PROJECTS THAT I WORK ON GET OVER THE GOAL LINE AND IT'S MAGIC.

>> HIS AGENCY HAS $4 BILLION FOR HARM REDUCTION, PREVENTION EDUCATION AND RECOVERY AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

ALONG WITH THOSE, HE SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE THINK MORE BROADLY.

>> HOW DO WE RESTORE OUR FAMILIES?

HOW DO WE RESTORE THAT COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY?

>> ONE IDEA HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE CUT BACK ON THE USE OF ADDICTIVE DEVICES.

>> BANNING CELLPHONES IN SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO REMEDY ADDICTION NOT JUST ALL THE STANDARD NUTS AND BOLTS THINGS, WHICH WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

TO REESTABLISH HOPE IN OUR KIDS.

>> REPORTING FROM THE RX AND ILLICIT DRUG SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA ROGERS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU SO MUCH LAURA.

MORE FROM THE SUMMIT INCLUDING A CONVERSATION WITH A MOTORCYCLE RIDER WHO BECAME ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS THAT IS LATER ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" TONIGHT.

>>> NOW, FEMA WILL NOT PROVIDE FEDERAL HELP FOR EIGHT KENTUCKY COUNTIES AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN FEBRUARY.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SAYS FEMA WILL NOT PROVIDE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO WOODFORD AND SIMPSON COUNTIES AND PEOPLE IN THE SIX COUNTIES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WILL NOT GET INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE.

FEMA SAYS THE STORMS WEREN'T SEVERE ENOUGH IN THOSE PLACES.

DOZENS OF OTHER COUNTIES WILL BE GETTING HELP.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE STATE WILL FILE AN APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTIES THAT WERE TURNED DOWN.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: I WANT TO BE TOTALLY CLEAR WITH PEOPLE.

IF THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT SIGN THIS REQUEST FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, THAT WILL BE 40,000 DOLLARS LESS THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR FAMILIES TO RECOVER.

THERE'S NO MAGIC BULLET TO GET AROUND IT IF IT'S DENIED THEN THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING THAT THAT MONEY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO HELP OUR FAMILIES REBUILD.

THAT IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR FULL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CAME TOGETHER AND IS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPACTFUL IF NOT DEVASTATING ON OUR FAMILIES IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T SIGN THAT APPLICATION.

>> Renee: KENTUCKY IS ALSO WAITING FOR A DECISION ABOUT FEMA FLOOD HELP FROM STORMS FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH.

GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYS HIS OFFICE IS CALLING THE WHITE HOUSE DAILY AND URGES PEOPLE TO CONTACT THEIR CONGRESS PERSON AND SENATORS ABOUT THE NEED FOR HELP.

>>> AS FRANKFORT'S BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY CONTINUES FLOOD RESTORATION WORK STUDENTS FROM KENTUCKY STATE STATE UNIVERSITY'S AQUACULTURE RESCUED 250 POUNDS OF FISH TRAPPED IN A RESERVOIR AT THE DISTILLERY.

STUDENTS SAFELY TRAPPED THE FISH AND RETURNED THEM TO THE KENTUCKY RIVER.

I'M SURE THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE.

>>> KENTUCKY FARMERS ARE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TRADE WAR WITH CHINA.

LAST YEAR CHINA IMPORTED NEARLY A QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF KENTUCKY'S CROPS AND LIVESTOCK.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER TRAVELED TO HICKMAN COUNTY AND FAR WEST KENTUCKY WHERE THE STATE'S NUMBER ONE CASH CROP IS GROWN.

>> THIS FIELD HAS BEEN PLANTED WITH KENTUCKY'S HIGHEST EARNING CROP: SOYBEANS.

>> THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE RADICAL AND THE MAIN ROOT THAT SHOOTS OUT FIRST.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A GOOD WEEK HERE OF GOOD WARM WEATHER THAT THEY WILL JUMP OUT OF THE GROUND AND TAKE OFF AND MAYBE OUTPACE ANY PEST OR INSECT OR STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> KENTUCKY FARMERS SOLD $1.5 BILLION WORTH OF SOYBEANS IN 2023.

THOSE BEANS AREN'T USED FOR TOFU OR SOY MILK.

>> OUR THING IS FEEDING ANIMALS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD PROTEIN SOURCE FROM THE ANIMALS COMING FROM THE SOYBEAN MEAL AND THOSE ANIMALS ARE USED FOR PROTEIN SOURCE FOR HUMANS.

>> JONATHAN REYNOLDS LIVES IN CLINTON 30 MILES FROM THE ILLINOIS PORT TOWN OF CAIRO.

KENTUCKY SOYBEANS CAN END UP ANYWHERE.

>> WE HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER AND EXPORT MARKETS FLOW A FEW MILES AWAY THEY ARE GOING DOWN TO THE MISSISSIPPI TO NEW ORLEANS.

>> MORE THAN HALF OF KENTUCKY'S SOYBEANS ARE EXPORTED INTERNATIONALLY.

MOSTLY TO CHINA.

>> CHINA HAS THE LARGEST HOG HERD IN THE WORLD BY A LONG 0 SHOT.

>> REYNOLDS IS PRESIDENT OF THE KENTUCKY SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION THE GROUP SUPPORTS PRETRADE BUT TRUMP TARIFFS AND CHINESE TARIFFS COULD ALTER THE MARKET.

>> THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BEING CHARGED A TARIFF, THEY HAVE NOT HIT THE FARM GATE YET.

IN MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT BEFORE I START MAKING ANY DECISIONS BIG DECISIONS ON IT.

>> KENTUCKY'S FARMERS ARE ALWAYS AT THE WHIM OF THINGS THEY CAN'T CONTROL; WEATHER, MARKETS AND POLITICS.

THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TRUMP TRADE WAR BEFORE.

A KENTUCKY AGRICULTURE ECONOMIST EXPLAINS.

>> 2018 FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST TRADE WAR WITH CHINA SOYBEANS EXPORTS STOPPED.

WE WATCHED THOSE PRICES DROP DOWN FROM SOMETHING LIKE $12 TO $8.

AND SO THAT IS REALLY THE FEAR THAT WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS IF WE DON'T HAVE CHINA BUYING THOSE BEANS OR WE'RE NOT SENDING THE BEANSES ELSEWHERE IT WILL STACK UP THAT SUPPLY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT WILL LOWER OUR DOMESTIC PRICES AND THAT COMES BACK ON THE FARM PRODUCER.

>> IN TRUMP'S FIRST TERM AFTER TWO YEARS OF A TRADE WAR, HE DID STRIKE A DEAL WITH CHINA.

TO OFFSET LOSSES DURING TRUMP'S FIRST TERM, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PASSED OUT MORE THAN $20 BILLION TO U.S.

FARMERS.

THAT COULD BE AN OPTION THIS TIME AROUND.

>> PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT TO BAIL ME OUT AS A FARMER.

I WANT TO DO ALL I CAN TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL OF THAT.

HOWEVER, SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT CONGRESS MAKES AFFECTS MY BOTTOM LINE AND I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

SO THERE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN WHERE IF WE'RE UNABLE TO CONTROL WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY ARE TINKERING IN OUR MARKETS WE FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE COMPENSATION FOR THAT.

>> REYNOLDS SAYS LONG-TERM SOYBEAN FARMERS SHOULD EXPAND THEIR MARKETS HIS GROUP LOBBIES FOR MORE BIOFUELS AT HOME.

INDIA COULD BE A GREAT CUSTOMER.

REYNOLDS WILL TEND TO HIS FIELDS THIS SUMMER.

COME FALL HE WILL HARVEST THIS PATCH WHERE EXACTLY THESE BEANS WILL GO IS NOT UP TO HIM.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE FOR THAT THOROUGH REPORT.

NOW, IN OTHER NEWS, IN LOUISVILLE, CHURCHILL DOWNS SAYS IT'S PAUSING PROJECTS TO DEVELOP THE TRACK'S SKY, CONSERVATORY AND INFIELD AREAS BECAUSE OF TARIFFS AND THE ECONOMY.

THE COURIER JOURNAL SAYS THAT WORK HAD A ESTIMATED PRICE TAG OF A BILLION DOLLARS WITH A B.

THE NEWS COMES AS WE'RE EIGHT DAYS AWAY FROM THE RUN FOR THE ROSES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS DOWNS.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT THIS SUNDAY AT 12:00 NOON EASTERN, 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL ON "INSIDE LOUISVILLE" WITH KELSEY STARKS AND A SPECIAL CO-HOST KET'S CHIP POLSTON.

TUNE IN FOR THAT.

>>> NOW ON TO ELECTION POLITICS.

ONE REPUBLICAN IS ALREADY IN THE RACE FOR CONGRESS AND KENTUCKY'S SIXTH DISTRICT.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE RYAN DOTSON OF WINCHESTER SAYS HE WILL RUN.

DOTSON HAS BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE 2021.

HE ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS TO RUN IN THE 2026 PRIMARY IN A FACEBOOK VIDEO.

>> I AM CALLING ON ALL MY FRIENDS, ALL MY RELATIVES, ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, ALL OF THOSE WHO I WILL MEET IN THE FUTURE TO HELP ME WIN THIS RACE.

WE HAVE A STRONG PATH TO VICTORY.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK VERY HARD TO GET THERE.

I'M SURE IT WILL BE A CROWDED RACE.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN WIN THIS WITH THE HELP OF GOD.

>> Renee: STATE SENATOR AMANDA MAYS BLEDSOE AND FORMER STATE SENATOR DAMON THAYER BOTH REPUBLICANS HAVE EACH BEEN MENTIONED AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE.

NOW ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE THERE'S SPECULATION ABOUT ROCKY ADKINS, A FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS NOW A SENIOR ADVISER TO GOVERNOR BESHEAR AS WELL AS FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHERLYNN STEVENSON.

>>> THE SEAT WILL BE OPEN IN 2026 BECAUSE THE CURRENT CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR IS NOW SEEKING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR THE U.S. SENATE.

BARR MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TUESDAY NIGHT IN RICHMOND [♪♪] NOW, BACK TO THE RX SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE.

YESTERDAY WE INTRODUCED YOU TO ROBIN PARKER ONE OF THE HOPE AMBASSADORS AT THE SUMMIT THAT SPOTLIGHTS INSPIRING STORIES OF THOSE IN RECOVERY.

TONIGHT WE HEAR DAN KRUGER'S STORY A PROFESSIONAL MOTORCYCLE ATHLETE WHOSE INJURIES ON THE JOB LED HIM DOWN A PATH TO OPIOID ADDICTION.

HERE'S HIS STORY OF HOPE FROM THE 2025RX SUMMIT.

>> I'M A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE.

AND SO THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT LED ME DOWN THAT PATH.

INJURY, OF COURSE, I'VE BROKEN MANY, MANY BONES IN MY BODY AND DIAGNOSED WITH ARTERY WHEN I WAS 20 AND 30 DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOPOROSIS THEY SAY YOU HAVE ONE THING TO MANAGE THIS AND THAT IS OPIOIDS.

AND BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGH PROFILE IN MY FIELD, I HAD EASY ACCESS TO OPIOIDS.

ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, I WAS SEARCHING ON-LINE BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO STOP USING PAIN MEDICINE.

AND I CAME ACROSS THE MORE PROGRAM.

IT WAS AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT THAT USED MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS, SAVERRING REAPPRAISAL TO REDUCE THE USE OF OPIOIDS.

BUT ALSO TO HELP MANAGE CHRONIC PAIN.

SO I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, REACHED OUT TO Dr. ERIC GARLAND AND NINE MONTHS LATER I WAS COMPLETELY OFF OF OPIOIDS.

AND THAT WAS ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO.

ATHLETES AT A HIGH LEVEL HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.

AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

YOU ALSO HAVE A SHORT CAREER IN COMPARISON TO OTHER PROFESSIONS.

YOU ALSO WANT TO BE BACK OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I DO FIND A LOT OF ATHLETES ARE SIMILAR TO MYSELF WE'RE QUIET ADDICTS MEANING WE PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL.

EVERYONE ON THE OUTSIDE AND YOUR FAMILY THINKS YOU ARE LIVING THE PERFECT LIFE.

BUT YOU ARE ISOLATED, YOU ARE LONELY, SCARED, NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS.

IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO COME TO TERMS WITH IT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE STORY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ENOUGH HIGHER PROFILE PEOPLE ADMIT GO PUBLIC, TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES, IN THE DAYS OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE EVERYTHING IS JUST SNAPSHOTS OF THE PERFECT SITUATION, OUR BUSINESS AND A LOT OF ATHLETES' BUSINESS IS BASED ON ENDORSEMENTS.

WE WANT TO HAVE A SQUEAKY CLEAN IMAGE SO WE'RE MARKETABLE.

I FEEL LIKE WHEN I AM DONE RACING AND I RETIRE, MY PLATFORM IS GOING TO SLOWLY SLIP AWAY.

AND SO I THOUGHT IT'S ALMOST MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THE WORD OUT AND MESSAGE WHILE I STILL HAVE A PLATFORM, A PUBLIC PLATFORM.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT BY PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF SHARING THIS MESSAGE, MORE PEOPLE WILL COME OUT AND SHARE THEIR POSITIVE STORY, THE STRUGGLINGS AND ALSO HOW THEY GOT THROUGH IS IT.

>> Renee: Dr. ERIC GARLAND IS A PIONEER OF THE MORE RECOVERY PROGRAM.

AND HE WAS ALSO AT THE RX SUMMIT.

HIS GOAL IS TO SEE MORE ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAMS USE MINDFULNESS IN THEIR PRACTICE.

THE NATION'S TOP ADDICTION RESEARCHER CREDITS THE SUMMIT STARTED BY CONGRESSMAN HAL ROGERS 14 YEARS AGO.

FOR ADVANCING PUBLIC POLICY TO HELP REFRAME DRUG ADDICTION AND BETTER SUPPORT THOSE ON THE PATH TO SOBRIETY.

Dr. NORA VOLKOW IS THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE A POST SHE HAS HELD SINCE 2003.

AS A RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIST, NORA VOLKOW'S WORK AS FURTHERED UNDERSTANDING AS ADDICTION AS A CHRONIC DISEASE BEST TACKLED BY TREATMENT AND PREVENTION RATHER THAN PUNITIVE CRIMINALITY.

>> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COME TO RECOGNIZE ADDICTION IS A DISEASE.

BUT THE RECOGNITION UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT ALWAYS COME SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH EMBRACING THE CONCEPT.

SO WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT EMBRACING THE CONCEPT, IT MEANS THAT YOU TREAT IT AS SUCH.

THAT YOU DO INTERVENTION TO PREVENT THEM AND FUND IT AS SUCH.

LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

RIGHT NOW, IN THE SYSTEM, WE BASICALLY HAVE INTERVENTIONS THAT CAN PREVENT SOMEONE FROM BECOMING DIABETESSIC.

AND THE SYSTEM R HEALTHCARE SYSTEM PAYS FOR THAT AND WE HAVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT DO THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR PREVENTING ADDICTION.

WE KNOW CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE PUTS YOU INTO A TRAJECTORY OF FIRE RISK BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS THAT THAT WILL PAY FOR AN INTERVENTION TO HELP SOMEONE NOT GO THAT WAY.

AND THAT IS WHERE WE STILL NEED FOR POLICIES THAT HOPEFULLY WILL DO LIKE WE DO IN OTHER AREAS OF MEDICINE, PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT, TRAIN THE PERSONNEL THAT CAN DELIVER IT.

WE DO THAT FOR DIABETES.

WE SHOULD BE DOING FOR MENTAL HEALTH, FOR ADDICTIONS.

>> Renee: ON MONDAY NIGHT'S "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" WE'LL HAVE MORE WITH Dr. NORA VOLKOW MEMBERS OF KENTUCKY'S FEDERAL DELEGATION IN WASHINGTON AND TRUMP CABINET OFFICIALS ABOUT THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO DRUG ADDICTION DISCUSSED AT THIS WEEK'S RX SUMMIT IN NASHVILLE THAT SPECIAL EDITION OF "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" IS MONDAY EVENING AT 8 EASTERN 7 CENTRAL RIGHT HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] HOW WELL DO YOU SLEEP?

RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WANT TO KNOW.

THE UNIVERSITY LAUNCHED A PROGRAM TO EXPAND ITS DECADES OF WORK ON THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RIBTD I AMS THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A CENTER, SECURE MAJOR FUNDING AND RECRUIT TOP FACULTY.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN TONIGHT'S LOOK AT MEDICAL NEWS.

>> WE'VE BEEN HUB OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS FOR DECADES BUT WE'VE INCREASED OUR FOCUS IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE 35 FACULTY IN THEIR LABS STUDYING CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND WE FORMED A CONSORTIUM CALLED CASH KENTUCKY FOR A HEALTHY KENTUCKY.

YOUR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM IS YOUR 24-HOUR CYCLE OF YOUR INTERNAL BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES.

THIS MIGHT BE YOUR PHYSIOLOGY LIKE THE REGULATION OF GLUCOSE OR BEHAVIORS WHEN YOU WANT TO GO TO SLEEP OR WHEN YOU EAT.

AND THESE ARE GENERATED BY AN INTERNAL NETWORK OF CLOCKS.

YOU HAVE CELLULAR CLOCKS THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY.

AND THE IDEAL SITUATION YOUR INTERNAL RICTD I AMS ARE SYNCHRONIZED WITH SUNRISE AND SUNSET.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A EARLY BIRD OR NIGHT OWL IT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU WANT TO DO YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES WHAT TIME DO YOU WANT TO GO TO SLEEP AND EXERCISE AND EAT?

THERE IS NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH BEING A NIGHT OWL VERSUS AN EARLY BIRD.

WHERE THE PROBLEM COMES IN WE LIVE MOSTLY IN AN EARLY BIRD SOCIETY, RIGHT?

MOST PEOPLE HAVE TO GET UP EARLY TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL OR GO TO WORK.

SLEEP IS CRITICAL ONE OF THE FACTORS IN OUR LIFE THAT IS THE MOST MODIFIABLE AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST HEALTH PROBLEMS.

WE KNOW THAT IN ADULTS WERE GETTING FIVE HOURS OR FEWER THAN THAT FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP, IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RICK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, CANCER, MORTALITY.

SO THIS CONSORTIUM STUDIES EVERYTHING FROM BASIC SCIENCE IN PRECLINICAL MODELS ANIMAL MODELS HOW DOES DISRUPTING WRIST I AMS CAUSE DIABETES OR CARDIOVASCULAR ALL TO CONDUCTING TRIALS.

SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES, IN THE CIRCADIAN WRIST I AMS AND SLEEP FIELD AND CONTRIBUTE TO CIRCADIAN MEDICINE TEACHING PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR SLEEP TO HAVE GOOD HEALTH.

SO MY KIND OF MAGIC RECOMMENDATION FOR GOOD SLEEP AND GOOD CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS WOULD BE DON'T EAT AFTER 8:00 P.M. GET IF BED BY 11 EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK.

WAKE UP, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE TIME THAT THE SUN IS RISING.

MAYBE BY LIKE AROUND 7:00 A.M. AND REALLY GET EXPOSED TO THAT BRIGHT LIGHT FOR 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR IN THE MORNING.

>> Renee: THE CASH KY PROGRAM IS WORKING TO HELP THE PUBLIC IMPROVE ITS SLEEP.

[♪♪] IT IS THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.

EXPERIENCING ZERO GRAVITY.

HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR NATHAN SCALF IS ONE OF JUST FOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SELECTED TO CONDUCT MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH ABOARD THE ZERO G, G FORCE ONE AIRCRAFT.

HE INVENTED A MEDICAL DEVICE THAT EARNED HIM A SEAT ON THE PLANE.

WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE STUDENT BEHIND IT IN TODAY'S EDUCATION MATTERS SEGMENT.

>> I WAS JUST SEARCHING ON GOOGLE FOR NASA INTERNSHIPS FOR PLACES THAT I COULD GO TO SEE IF I WANT TO WORK AT NASA.

AND I FOUND ONE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS' CENTER FOR SPACE RESEARCH AND I APPLIED FOR THAT.

AND THEN THAT WAS OVER THE SUMMER AND THROUGH THIS I WAS ABLE TO JUST GO FURTHER AND GET THIS OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THEM.

>> HE IS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO IS VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING.

HE KNOWS THAT IT WILL BENEFIT HIS FUTURE.

SO I WAS DEFINITELY EXCITED WHEN HE CAME BACK AND SAID HE HAD MADE THE CUT AND HAD BEEN SELECTED.

>> SINCE A YOUNG AGE, MATH SCIENCE HAS BEEN MY SWEET SPOT.

AND JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN.

MY PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS KIND OF STIMULATED A STEM ENVIRONMENT FOR ME AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN NATURAL GROWING UP AND SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO LATCH ON TO AND ENJOY AND EXPLORE PURCHASE ITER.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS TO EXPAND THEIR EXPERIENCES SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW ONE THINGS THAT THEY CAN GO INTO AND TWO WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO.

JUST AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET.

AND I'M NOT ONLY WITH THE RESEARCH, BUT ALSO THE MICROGRAVITY AND GOING UP ON THE PLANE IS SOMETHING THAT IS RARE.

>> OVER THE SUMMER WAS THE INITIAL PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAD 150 STUDENTS OUT OF THE 2,000 APPLICANTS AND WORKED WITH NASA PROFESSIONALS ALONG WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CENTER FOR SPACE RESEARCH.

AND WE DID PROJECTS THERE.

AND THEN THEY GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FROM THE 150 STUDENTS THERE, TO APPLY FOR THIS ZERO G MICROGRAVITY FLIGHT TO FLY OUR EXPERIMENT ON.

AND WE FOUND OUT IN OCTOBER THE FOUR OF US WHO HAD BEEN SELECTED AND SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN REFINING MY EXPERIMENT AND GETTING READY FOR THE FLIGHT IN MAY.

IT'S WOUND IRRIGATION IN MICROGRAVITY.

IT'S DEVELOPING A SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATING A WOUND AND KEEP ASTRONAUTS SAVE AND PREVENT CONTAMINATION AND INFECTION AND IT'S MOSTLY TO KEEP DEBRIS OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT MAYBE TRAPPED IN THE WOUND AND IT'S REALLY FIRST AID FOR ASTRONAUTS.

EXPERIMENTS ARE CONDUCTED IN MICROGRAVITY FOR TWO PURPOSES.

ONE FOR SPACE TO FURTHER SPACE FLIGHT AND SEE IF WE CAN GO FURTHER THAN HUMANS HAVE GONE BEFORE.

AND THE SECOND WHICH I THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT IT HELPS WITH THINGS ON EARTH.

MEDICINE IS COMMON THING AS THE BENEFITS OF ZERO G RESEARCH.

THAT IS MAYBE HELPING WITH NEW CANCER TREATMENTS OR NEW WAYS OF MANUFACTURING DRUGS THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE ON EARTH.

>> WELL, WE HAVE JUST A DESIRE TO EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE.

WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE?

AND WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT UNTIL WE CAN SPEND EXTENDED TIME IN SPACE.

AND THIS IS JUST PART OF THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO PICK UP HOW DO WE AS HUMANS STAY HEALTHY IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WEREN'T MADE TO BE IN.

>> I'VE LEARNED MANY THINGS.

THE MAIN THING I'VE LEARNED IS DETERMINATION CAN GET YOU GREAT PLACES.

DON'T BE LAZY TRY YOUR BEST AND DO WHAT YOU CAN AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW FAR IT CAN TAKE YOU.

>> Renee: GOOD ADVICE.

DURING THE FLIGHT, NATHAN WILL EXPERIENCE ZERO GRAVITY FOR 11 MINUTES THIS MAY.

BEST TO HIM.

WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION."

HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

CONNECT WITH US ALL THE WAYS ON YOUR SCREEN.

TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND SEND US A STORY IDEA BY E-MAIL AT PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG.

I'M RENEE SHAW APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.