Category: DRUGS
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Grant application open to groups that work to prevent substance use/misuse in underserved communities
Kentucky Health News The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is accepting grant applications for its Partnerships for Success Grants, for programs that enhance and support grassroots work to prevent alcohol,...
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Attorney General Coleman adds OptumRx to opioid lawsuit
Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has added OptumRx, a pharmacy benefit manager, to an existing lawsuit against Express Scripts and related entities that was filed in September. According to...
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Why some people don’t lose weight with Wegovy
By Simon Cork The Conversation Clinical trials have shown that people using weight-loss jabs, such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, lose anywhere between 16% and 21% of their body weight. But...
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New round of grants from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission opens Dec. 2
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new round of applications will open on Dec. 2 for those seeking grant funds from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission. The application...
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New Kentucky program aims to turn recovery into career pathway
By Nadia Ramlagan Kentucky News Connection A statewide program in Kentucky aims to provide credentialing and pathways to a career in social work for people in substance use disorder recovery....
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Study: Kentucky had big increase in expanding distribution of lifesaving naloxone
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky New research shows that among the four states participating in the HEALing Communities Study, Kentucky communities achieved the greatest increase in the distribution of...
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Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission talks about 2025 grant priorities; AG Coleman appoints new member
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Members of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission spent more than an hour drilling down on what their priorities are for the next round of...
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‘Instead of incarcerating disease, start treating disease:’ Kentuckians in recovery talk solutions
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians in recovery say the state needs to better educate youth about addiction, digitize expungement for certain crimes and make harm reduction and community-based services...
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Attorney General Coleman sues Express Scripts for role in opioid crisis
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has sued Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the nation, for what he called the company’s...
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11 groups get grants to launch harm-reduction projects that focus on racial equity and underserved communities
Kentucky Health News The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announced the 11 recipients of its Shaping a Healthy and Inclusive Future Together grants to support ongoing harm reduction and racial...