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Doctors will only be able to prescribe Kentuckians a three-day supply of opioid painkillers under House Bill 333, which now awaits the governor’s…
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Doctors would only be able to prescribe three days’ worth of pain killers under a bill that passed out of a legislative committee in Frankfort on…
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The Kentucky Senate has voted to make all trafficking in heroin or Fentanyl Class C felonies. Proponents hope the change would result in fewer overdose…
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Federal prosecutors in Kentucky say the leader of a drug trafficking ring has been sentenced to life in prison for distributing fentanyl that led to an…
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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear says he will advocate for two drug-related measures when the legislature convenes next month. One bill would…
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Kentucky lawmakers will be asked to further strengthen laws to combat the state’s heroin problem. Often labeled an epidemic with the large number of…
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Kentucky’s commissioner of public health is warning medical providers and community leaders across the state to be prepared for another possible surge in…
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Attorneys in Lexington’s U.S. Attorney’s Office are noting the importance of minimum sentences for opioid trafficking convictions tied to overdose deaths.…
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Kentucky overdose deaths rose 16% in 2015, the first year state lawmakers toughened penalties for traffickers and increased spending on addiction…