Day: June 21, 2024
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Coleman details $12 million in opioid grants, says his opposition to syringe exchanges is greater if they don’t have one-to-one rule
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman issued details Thursday of more than $12 million in grants from the state’s opioid settlements for prevention, enforcement, treatment and...
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Letcher County backs off its plan to spend $125,000 in opioid-settlement money on an experimental therapy by Isaiah House
By Sam Adams The Mountain Eagle The Letcher County Fiscal Court has reversed itself — at least for now — on whether it will give $125,000 of its opioid settlement...
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Cannabis users are at increased risk of severe Covid, study finds
Kentucky Health News Use of cannabis, commonly called marijuana, is linked to an increased risk of serious illness for those with Covid-19. So says a study published in the American...
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Fewer dying from overdoses, but advocates say Kentucky needs more people mentoring others through addiction and recovery
By Sylvia Goodman Louisville Public Media Shawn Nutter walks through The Healing Place’s men’s facility in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood. He just completed the months-long recovery program, and now, Nutter’s working...
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Curious about new, popular weight-loss drugs? Here’s a lowdown
Editor’s note: At the end of 2023 Kentucky led the nation in the percentage of state residents, 2.1%, who had received the new class of diabetes and weight-loss drugs. ...