Category: DRUGS
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Coleman reappoints two members to state opioid commission
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has reappointed two members to the state opioid commission, thus not changing the balance of votes on the issue of...
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State accepting applications for medical-cannabis licensing lottery and prescribing authority; patient cards not available until Jan. 1
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentuckians can now begin applying for a cannabis business license, and medical providers can apply to the state Board of Medical Licensure and Board of Nursing...
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Some Ky. counties using settlement money to make new opioid-withdrawal treatment available to a small number of residents
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky counties are making a new treatment to reduce opioid-withdrawal symptoms available free to a few of their residents, using money from the...
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Health department director says she has work to do, to educate Attorney General Coleman about syringe exchanges
Kentucky Health News The director of a district health department with a syringe exchange has voiced disappointment to her local newspaper over Attorney General Russell Coleman’s opposition to the exchanges....
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Huge grant fails to reduce ODs by 40%; does show a 9% drop over four states, saving an estimated 483 lives, but few in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A four-state, $350 million research grant that included Kentucky fell far short of its goal of reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40% over four...
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Coleman details $12 million in opioid grants, says his opposition to syringe exchanges is greater if they don’t have one-to-one rule
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman issued details Thursday of more than $12 million in grants from the state’s opioid settlements for prevention, enforcement, treatment and...
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Letcher County backs off its plan to spend $125,000 in opioid-settlement money on an experimental therapy by Isaiah House
By Sam Adams The Mountain Eagle The Letcher County Fiscal Court has reversed itself — at least for now — on whether it will give $125,000 of its opioid settlement...
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Cannabis users are at increased risk of severe Covid, study finds
Kentucky Health News Use of cannabis, commonly called marijuana, is linked to an increased risk of serious illness for those with Covid-19. So says a study published in the American...
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Fewer dying from overdoses, but advocates say Kentucky needs more people mentoring others through addiction and recovery
By Sylvia Goodman Louisville Public Media Shawn Nutter walks through The Healing Place’s men’s facility in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood. He just completed the months-long recovery program, and now, Nutter’s working...
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In third round of grants from opioid settlements, director passes on one, saying Coleman opposes syringe-exchange programs
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The leader of the agency that hands out grants from the state’s opioid settlements declined to vote for a grant application that included more...