Category: DRUGS
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Recovery Rally shares message of hope
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear proclaimed September as Recovery Month in Kentucky at a Recovery Rally held Sept. 5 at the Kentucky State Capitol. “Today we...
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Boyd, Carter, Clay, Greenup, Letcher and Owsley counties certified as Recovery Ready Communities, totaling 31
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six more Kentucky counties have been certified as Recovery Ready Communities, signaling that they have the services needed to help their residents recover from...
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Kentucky adds 6 more Recovery Ready Communities, as it recognizes those lost to overdose and also in recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The 2025 Recovery Rally will be held Sept. 5 at the Kentucky State Capitol in celebration of National Recovery Month, which is observed every...
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Kentucky senator looks to create a pathway to study ibogaine for the treatment of addiction
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Kentucky lawmaker plans to introduce a bill during the next legislative session to allow researchers to study an illegal psychedelic drug called ibogaine...
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Health committee to discuss ibogaine as a potential treatment for opioid addiction on Aug. 27
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services will hold an informational hearing on the potential role of ibogaine in treating substance use disorder and...
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Beshear administration bans deadly ‘designer Xanax’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear banned the sale of bromazolam, also known as “designer Xanax,” on Aug. 18 through an emergency state designation that changes the...
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The pros and cons of the new GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes drugs, such as Ozempic and Mounjaro
By Brooke Hudspeth University of Kentucky Most people have likely heard about the new weight-loss and diabetes management drugs called Ozempic and Mounjaro, which are also called GLP-1 medications, short...
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Kentucky Attorney General calls for immediate ban of ‘designer Xanax,’ linked to 47 overdoses in state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging health officials to take emergency action to ban bromazolam, an unregulated synthetic drug linked to 47 deaths...
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State gets $14.4 million more in opioid settlement with 8 manufacturers
Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman announced July 14 that his office had secured $14.4 million in additional settlement dollars from opioid manufacturers. “These companies preyed on the people...
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State health initiative focuses on addiction and harm reduction in July
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The focus of July’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative is substance use disorder, otherwise known as addiction, and harm reduction. “More than 80,000 people...