Category: DRUGS
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Senate sends House a bill to create a pilot program for treatment of offenders with mental-health or substance-use disorders
State Sen. Whitney Westerfield —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill moving through the state legislature would create a pilot program to divert some qualifying low-level offenders away...
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House passes bill to allow APRNs to prescribe controlled substances after a four-year collaborative agreement with doctor
American Association of Nurse Practitioners map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced practice registered nurses to...
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Closed hospital in Ashland area to become drug-treatment center
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, Ky. (Photo from Addiction Recovery Care) —– A major drug-treatment company says it has completed its purchase of part of Our Lady of Bellefonte...
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Fentanyl-driven addiction crisis requires more investment in prevention and treatment, says president of treatment company
OPINION By Tim Robinson Every day in the United States, more than 270 people die from drug overdoses. That’s one person roughly every five minutes. Behind these staggering statistics are...
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Drug companies’ settlement with states and local governments will bring Kentucky $483 million over the next 18 years
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron —– The state has finalized a $483 million settlement with four drug companies over their roles in the opioid epidemic, and payments should start in the...
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Anti-overdose drug Narcan available to people under Corrections community supervision in eight counties, eight more this summer
Ky. Health News map shows counties in HEALing Communities Study —– The anti-overdose drug Narcan is now available free of charge to people under community supervision by the state Department of...
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House sends Senate a budget bill with many provisions dealing with health issues, several with less than Beshear proposed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state House of Representatives passed a two-year state budget Thursday that includes a number of provisions for health, including many that were in...
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Kentucky is one of seven states to get grants from Bloomberg to fight the record-setting epidemic of opioid overdoses
Michael R. Bloomberg —– Kentucky is among seven states that will get millions of dollars from Bloomberg Philanthropies to fight the opioid-overdose epidemic. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the $10 million grant to...
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Fewer than 8% of overdose survivors are given or prescribed drugs that can block overdose and help them fight addiction
Buprenorphine is given with naloxone to stop overdose, and alone as drug treatment. —– As deaths from opioid overdoses continue to set records in Kentucky and the nation, a new study has...
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New toolkit aims to help rural organizations create medication-assisted therapy programs for opioid misuse
A new toolkit from the Rural Health Information Hub aims to help rural communities and organizations develop, implement, evaluate and sustain Medication for Opioid Use Disorder programs. MOUD programs, sometimes called Medication-Assisted Therapy, are...