Category: DRUGS
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Harm reduction services, ‘that place between prevention and treatment,’ can make a difference in substance-abuse disorder
Daryl Hams, registered nurse and project director of the Regional Harm Reduction Collaborative (Photo: Amanda Rossman, Cincinnati Enquirer) —– In an article titled “The people who care: How harm reduction strategies for those who...
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Researchers think they have finally found a treatment that works on methamphetamine addiction, but say more research is needed
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, right, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, led the research. —- Kentucky Health News As methamphetamine causes more addiction and death, treatment specialists have despaired for...
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Youth substance-use webinar says parents need to talk to kids early about vaping; addresses roles of music, social determinants
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The final webinar about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on vaping and substance use and offers policies and practical guidance...
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Coroner in Frankfort’s county says suicides doubled in 2020, while overdoses rose by almost half; those with fentanyl nearly tripled; state drug policy chief says 2020 will be worst year for ODs
Kentucky coroners aren’t required to issue annual reports, but some do, and the 2020 report from Franklin County Coroner Will Harrod suggests it’s a good time to ask your coroner...
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4 Kentucky lawyers have killed themselves in the last 3 weeks
Lexington lawyer Corey Fannin killed himself on Christmas. (Lexington Herald-Leader photo illustration) —– Four Kentucky lawyers have committed suicide in the last three weeks, according to the Kentucky Bar Association. “The suicides have...
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Eastern Ky.’s lost generation and echoes that remain: Aftermath of the opioid epidemic, by an expatriate doctor who lost a friend
By Brian S. Barnett, M.D. Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychology, Center for Behavioral Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Published in JAMA Internal Medicine My friend drew his last breath alone, in the predawn...
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45 share recovery stories in Addiction Recovery Week in Wolfe County, nation’s most vulnerable to disease outbreaks from drugs
Tinley Creech, Darian Creech, Connie Campbell and Ashton Burks pose after doing the virtual 5K as part of Wolfe County Addiction Recovery Week. All are in the same household. (Photo provided)...
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National Drug Take Back Day is set for Saturday, Oct. 24
State Office of Drug Control Policy map, last updated Aug. 27, 2020 —– National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, Oct. 24. Special locations will be open in most...
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Feds give state $7 million to help deal with lingering behavioral-health impacts of 2019 flooding in 21 Eastern Kentucky counties
Grant will help three southeastern regions, highlighted by roughly patterned area. —– Kentucky is getting a $7 million federal grant to expand behavioral-health services in 21 Appalachian counties to help...
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First webinar of annual health forum shows much work needed to improve the lives of Ky. children; effects of covid-19 still unknown
Kentucky has several very bad rankings when it comes to children’s well-being. This was among the slides Kentucky Youth Advocates Executive Director Terry Brooks showed during the forum. —– By...