Category: DRUGS
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Cincinnati opens a pilot program to get immediate help for people who want help with addiction
Cincinnati has started a pilot program that lets people who are seeking addiction treatment get it by simply walking into one of their six participating health centers, Terry DeMio reports for the Cincinnati...
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UK welcomes 90 scholars from 50 nations for seminar on addiction; 3 events open to public Thur. and Fri. mornings
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, will give the keynote plenary address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. — Ninety Fulbright scholars from about 50 countries are gathering at the University of Kentucky today to attend...
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Tobacco-free-schools bill, hotline to report use of electronic cigarettes in schools are on track to pass before end of session
Bonnie Hackbarth of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Rep. Kim Moser presented the tobacco-free school bill (Photo by Melissa Patrick) — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two...
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Kentucky adults support syringe exchanges, 49% to 40%; among those who say they’re familiar with them, it’s 55% to 40%
Forty-nine percent of Kentucky adults continue to favor programs that allow people who use intravenous drugs to exchange used needles or syringes for sterile ones, while about 40 percent oppose...
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House committee strongly endorses medical marijuana, but time and the Senate stand in the way, in a session about to end
Rep. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville (LRC Public Information photo) — With a resounding 16-1 vote, a House committee approved a bill Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, but it seems unlikely...
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Sponsor of bill to ban tobacco use at all public schools and events files last-ditch amendment to give districts 3 years to opt out of it
Rep. Kim Moser — This is an updated version of a story that was first published Saturday, March 2. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — The sponsor...
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Tobacco-free-school bill on life support; move afoot to make 21 legal age for e-cigs; some legislators want just one tobacco bill
Health advocates rallied at the state Capitol Feb. 28 to ask legislators to bring the tobacco-free school bill up for a vote, saying it has the votes to pass. (Photos...
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Bill to raise legal age to buy tobacco products to 21 fails on 4-6 committee vote; bill’s effectiveness questioned, called ‘PR move’
Sen. Steve Meredith, middle, with Altria Vice President David Fernandez, right, and Juul Labs lobbyist Jennifer Cunningham on his bill to raise the legal age for buying tobacco products. (Photo: Adam Beam, The Associated Press)...
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Report on Medicaid pharmacy managers confirms they make a profit at the expense of pharmacies; calls for new payment model
Sen. Max Wise has been outspoken in his criticism of pharmacy benefit managers. A “long-awaited state report” on how pharmacy benefit managers are paid seems to confirm the suspicion that...
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Gov. Matt Bevin says he would support a medical marijuana bill; prospects for that are better in the House than in the Senate
Gov. Matt Bevin greeted Lincoln County citizens before his forum in Stanford. (Photo from The Interior Journal) — Gov. Matt Bevin said he would be “happy” to sign a bill that would...