By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Andy Beshear announced June 21 that he is working with attorneys general from acros...
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Ky. leads nation in opioid-addiction diagnoses for privately insured people, and in the rate of doctors prescribing medication for it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky doctors diagnosed more cases of opioid addiction for privately insured people than in any o...
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Suboxone, a drug used to treat addiction, is increasingly being misused to feed it, Courier-Journal investigation finds
At the end of her story, Laura Ungar describes the 27 cases of doctors who have been disciplined for mishandling Suboxone. A drug used to tr...
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Bardstown newspaper's editorial criticizes one-for-one mandate for state-funded syringe exchanges
New syringes with clean needles State and local officials need to get politics out of public health when it comes to establishing and fundin...
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Southern Kentucky weekly starts a column from a recovering addict in the same week it publishes another health testimonial
Clinton County ( Wikipedia map) From 2012 to 2015, the last year for which figures are available, 25 people died of drug overdoses in Cli...
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Heroin gets the headlines, but meth is Ky.'s biggest illegal drug
Heroin has been getting the headlines, because of overdoses, but the resurgence of a near-pure form of methamphetamine has made meth the mos...
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Nurse practitioners want to change law that requires them to make deals with physicians to prescribe strong painkillers
Nurse practitioners Julie Gaskins, left, and Beth Partin own Family First Health in Columbia. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By Melissa Patrick...
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Ky. is a national leader in hepatitis C, but many counties at risk shun syringe exchanges that could prevent disease outbreaks
"Growing intravenous drug use by people sharing syringes to inject heroin and other substances" has helped make Kentucky a nationa...
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