Category: DRUGS
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FDA hasn’t OKd ketamine for mental health, so treatments vary widely, creating a new ‘wild West’ and generating big markups
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Impact of cannabis use during pregnancy is the focus of UK Cannabis Center’s next online seminar, to be held Feb. 26
The University of Kentucky Cannabis Center is sponsoring an online seminar titled “Cannabis Use During Pregnancy: Research from Policy to Practice” on Feb. 26. The seminar will be held via...
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Seven mobile crisis-response grants allow ‘better treatment, a lot quicker’ for people undergoing mental-health crises
Kentucky Health News Seven local-government organizations are getting grants to start community crisis co-response programs, which form partnerships between behavioral-health professionals, law enforcement or other first responders and local governments...
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First Opioid Abatement Settlement Commission meeting under new leader draws big crowd, largely to support ibogaine study
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 130 people attended the first Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission meeting under the group’s new executive director, by all indications in support of the...
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Third annual Harlan County Drug Summit looks at ways to address addiction, with a focus on prevention
Nearly 200 people attended the third annual Harlan County Drug Summit on Thursday, Jan. 11, to hear a message largely focused on prevention, Chandler Wilcox reports for Hazard’s WYMT. “We have a lot...
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Beshear wants 15 medical conditions added to medical-cannabis law, but key legislators say now isn’t the time to do that
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear wants 15 more health conditions to be added to the list of qualifying conditions in the state’s legislatively authorized medical-marijuana program,...
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Addiction Recovery Care urges Kentuckians with substance-use disorder to seek care, saying January is one of its busiest months
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With the start of a new year, Addiction Recovery Care is encouraging individuals struggling with substance-use disorder to seek addiction care, noting that January...
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Free webinar, ‘Health for a Change: ACEs, Substance Use Disorder, and Prevention’ is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 19
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s next “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “ACEs, Substance Use Disorder and Prevention.” It will be held Friday, Jan. 19, from 11 a.m....
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Legislature, convening Tuesday, is being asked to strengthen laws on sales of cigarettes and vapes to minors, including licensing
“When the General Assembly returns to Frankfort on Jan. 2, one of the many problems it’s been asked to address is youth smoking — particularly vaping, which studies suggest has...
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Ky. gambling problem help-line calls have tripled since legislature legalized sports betting; state has only seven certified counselors
Kentucky Health News Since sports betting became legal in Kentucky on Sept. 7, calls to the state problem-gambling hotline have nearly tripled, one of the state’s few problem-gambling counselors told...