Category: DRUGS
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House sends Senate a bill to regulate Delta-8 THC as Senate prepares to give medical-marijuana bill its first hearing and vote
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern After a court decision last year legalized an intoxicating compound derived from hemp, a bill to regulate Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol sped through the state House on...
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Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes, at long last
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has finally passed and is on its way...
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If you smoke pot, lay off before surgery; you could wake up early
Regular users of marijuana may need up to three times more anesthetic to keep them unconscious during surgical procedures, so they need to tell surgical personnel about it, say doctors...
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Bill to exclude fentanyl test strips from legal definition of drug paraphernalia awaits initial passage by the Kentucky House
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Fentanyl test strips would no longer be considered drug paraphernalia in Kentucky under a bipartisan bill that the House Judiciary Committee approved Wednesday, on a...
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Bill to leave children’s Covid-19 vaccination decisions entirely with parents and guardians is approved by a House committee
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers have sent the House a bill to ensure that the state’s children are not required to get a Covid-19 vaccine and that...
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Comer says his panel will investigate pharmacy benefit managers
As chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky’s First District is launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers and how they affect health-care...
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Lilly says it will cut prices of 2 old insulin products 70% this year, and immediately cap the cost of another one at $25 per vial
Eli Lilly & Co. announced Wednesday that it will cut the prices of some of its older insulin products this year “and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients...
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Quarles says that if elected governor, he would work with the General Assembly to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles told reporters Tuesday he would work with the General Assembly to legalize medical marijuana if he is elected governor. “It needs...
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Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness declines rapidly; seniors need to keep up their immunity, and we need a better vaccine
By Kevin Kavanagh for Infection Control Today I am at high risk for severe Covid-19, being 65 years or older, with additional health problems. I received my bivalent booster as...
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Bill to let advance-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own passes Senate, until now its roadblock
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After years of debate and momths of negotiations, a bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently...