Category: DRUGS
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Bryan Hubbard, who wanted Ky. to help finance research into psychedelic for drug treatment, takes his cause to State of Ohio
Kentucky Health News The man who wanted Kentucky to use some of its opioid-settlement money for research that could lead to legalizing a psychedelic drug to treat addiction, but lost...
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Vaping bill stripped of licensing requirements and stiffer penalties passes House; sponsor says alternate bill on retailing is expected
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The House passed a watered-down bill to address youth vaping Thursday, Feb. 22, after a committee removed provisions to require vape shops be licensed...
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Opioid epidemic is in a ‘fourth wave,’ with multiple substances being used at the same time, and fentanyl is the most common
By Colleen DeGuzman KFF Health News The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater...
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Myths surround the deadly drug fentanyl; here are the facts
By faculty and staff of the HEALing Communities Study University of Kentucky Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is about 50 times stronger than heroin, making it an incredibly powerful...
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Bill to raise annual purchase limit on pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) and remove package-per-transaction limit moves to Senate
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the annual purchase limit on pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in the decongestant Sudafed, has passed the state House and is...
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Attorney General Coleman sues Kroger over opioid dispensing
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has sued the Kroger Co. for its role in the opioid epidemic in Kentucky. The lawsuit, filed in state court in...
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Hardin, McCracken and Scott counties are certified as Recovery Ready Communities, bringing Kentucky’s total to 10
Kentucky Health News Three more counties have been designated as Recovery Ready Communities for their commitment to providing residents with access to addiction treatment and recovery support and removing barriers...
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Hardin, McCracken and Scott counties are certified as Recovery Ready Communities, bringing Kentucky’s total to 10
Kentucky Health News Three more counties have been designated as Recovery Ready Communities for their commitment to providing residents with access to addiction treatment and recovery support and removing barriers...
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Ky. and Okla. lead the nation in adult daily vapers. With additional metrics, Forbes ranks Ky. as the No. 2 vaping state, behind Tenn.
Kentucky Health News Kentucky adults use electronic cigarettes daily at the highest rate in the nation, equaled only by Oklahoma, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and...
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After at least 3 deaths in 7 months, weekly in small Western Ky. county alerts its readers to the dangers and details of fentanyl
Kentucky Health News After three fentanyl overdoses since June in Crittenden County, the first recorded in the county of 9,000 people, and another death in which fentanyl could have been...