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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear is providing 800 drug deactivation packages to the Green River Area Development District as part of the state’s…
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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s office has launched a new website to connect individuals to substance use disorder treatment centers. The governor’s office…
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A analysis from the University of Tennessee has found that substance abuse costs Tennessee more than $2 billion dollars annually. Most of that attributed…
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U.S. doctors are prescribing opioid painkillers less often and at lower doses, but at rates that are three times higher than their European counterparts, the CDC says.
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A Kentucky doctor has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to improperly prescribing powerful painkillers.The Lexington…
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A pair of long-term studies found fewer children and teenagers are coming in contact with opioids, and that hospitalizations from the drugs are down. The same is not true for adults.
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Opana ER has been linked to an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana among people who abuse the opioid painkiller. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration says the drug is too risky.
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A Paducah-based healthcare organization hopes to shrink the rate of opioid addiction in the Purchase area with help from some new training. Four Rivers…
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The heroin abuse problem in Kentucky is causing lawmakers to look for new ways to prevent sometimes deadly consequences of opioid use. The House Education…
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KET Premieres a new documentary tonight focusing on the opioid epidemic and dives deep into treatment options across the commonwealth.Opioids – including…