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The number of Kentuckians likely to die due to opioid overdoses and prescription cocktails is expected to increase again this year, according to the state…
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The Trump administration’s top health official backed away from a presidential commission’s proposal to declare a national public health emergency to…
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Kentucky's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet secretary will testify before Congress about the nation's opioid epidemic. John Tilley is scheduled to…
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A top Republican lawmaker says Kentucky settled a lawsuit against a major prescription painkiller for "pennies on the dollar" to avoid an embarrassing…
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Officials say overdose deaths in Kentucky have increased to unprecedented levels. A report released Tuesday by the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy…
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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announced on Wednesday that he is working with attorneys general from across the country to investigate whether…
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In 1980, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a one-paragraph letter about low rates of addiction among hospitalized patients given narcotics. It was later cited as evidence that long-term opioid use was safe.
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Three Kentucky residents are suing Governor Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear, claiming the state’s prohibition of medical marijuana is…
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The maker of one medical treatment for opioid abuse has successfully lobbied statehouses around the country to pass policies that tilt addiction treatment practices in favor of the company's drug.
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Expanding Medicaid has helped many people caught up in the opioid epidemic get treatment. But doctors say the proposed Republican changes to the Affordable Care Act could jeopardize these programs.