Category: DRUGS
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First graduates from federally funded UK program to build workforce to address substance-use disorder are at work
Getty Images —– By Lindsey Piercy and Kaitlin Brooks University of Kentucky The first students to participate in program aimed at combating Kentucky’s opioid epidemic have graduated and gone to...
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New designer opioid is linked to overdose deaths in Illinois and Indiana; Cincinnati coroner says she plans to start testing for it
A new synthetic opiate, isotonitazene, may require more than a usual dose of naloxone (Narcan) to restore breathing. —– A new synthetic opiate is showing signs of penetrating new markets,...
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Virus creates perfect storm for those with substance-use disorder, but opens the door to online recovery tools that could persist
Image from Alcohol.org —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Economic struggles and social isolation are well-known triggers for people with substance-use disorders, so the coronavirus pandemic has created a perfect...
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Op-ed: Addiction recovery amid the covid-19 outbreak
By Tim Robinson Tim Robinson is CEO of Addiction Recovery Care and a founding member of RECON KY, a consortium for recovery in Kentucky. When grave new challenges emerge, it would be nice...
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Methamphetamine returns to Appalachian Kentucky, in a more deadly form, and it’s causing fear and division in communities
Dakota Scott, with her two-week-old daughter, fights meth addiction at Karen’s Place Maternity Center in Ashland, a facility for women in addiction recovery (Photo by Hilary Swift for The New York...
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Opioid epidemic keeps shadowing Ky. policy, as Senate removes opioids from list of drugs physician assistants could prescribe
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House bill to let physician assistants prescribe some highly regulated drugs is moving through the Senate, but without application to some highly addictive...
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House passes medical-marijuana bill, 65-30, after specifying illnesses for its use; Senate passage remains much in doubt
Photo illustration from MedicalMarijuana.com —– Kentucky would be the 34th state to make marijuana legal for medicinal purposes, under a bill the state House passed Thursday by a vote of...
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Medical marijuana bill expected to pass House; Senate uncertain
Reps. Jason Nemes and John Sims Jr. presented the medical marijuana bill, HB 136, in the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo from Legislative Public Information Office) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health...
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Poll finds Ky. adults overwhelmingly favor legalizing medical marijuana; bill expected to be called up in committee this week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As lawmakers move close to legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky, a new poll shows that an overwhelming number of Kentucky adults would support such...
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Bill to let physician assistants prescribe controlled substances passes House on fourth try; doctors say they ‘have concerns’
Sheldon offered his bill. (KET image) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Heath News The state House has passed a bill to let physician assistants to prescribe highly regulated drugs, a step...