Tag: addiction
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Conway gets $24 million from Purdue Pharma to settle Oxycontin claim, $15.5 million from J & J subsidiary in Risperdal case
Purdue Pharma will pay the state $24 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the drug maker “illegally misrepresented and/or concealed the highly addictive nature of OxyContin and encouraged doctors...
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As heroin problem spreads, focus is on treatment and community efforts to help addicts; Needle exchanges? Not so much
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Heroin is a growing concern for many Kentucky communities, with much of the discussion around prevention and rehabilitation for addicts over incarceration as the...
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KET will look at how Kentucky communities are fighting back against the heroin epidemic
Heroin use is sky-rocketing in certain areas of Kentucky and many communities are fighting back with local solutions. Host Renee Shaw and guest will share how communities are coming together...
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Kentucky doctors treat an increasing number of babies suffering from drug addiction given to them by their mothers
Neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS, is becoming such a widespread problem that many medical professionals are calling it an epidemic and a public-health crisis. In 2001, 67 Kentucky babies were...
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Former pharmacist and county commissioner discusses his battle with addiction with Hopkinsville newspaper
Jeremy Bowles, a former pharmacist and county commissioner in Montgomery County, Tennessee, was convicted of drug and forgery charges, and now he’s discussing his experience to help others find freedom...
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Drug developed to treat addiction is being abused, so much that clinics have been opened to sell it
“Suboxone, a popular and highly touted medicine designed to get people off opioids such as painkillers and heroin, is increasingly being abused, sold on the streets and inappropriately prescribed, according...
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Increasingly common heroin addiction overwhelms agencies
Jails, treatment facilities, drug courts and hospitals are struggling to provide the necessary help as more Kentuckians become addicted to heroin, Chris Kenning writes for The Courier-Journal: “In a state that...
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States and their congressmen battling new painkiller that is easier to crush and inject
Some states are restricting the use of the new painkiller Zohydro, “setting up a showdown with the federal government over who gets to decide the best way to protect public...
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General Assembly’s failure to pass heroin bill incites wrath, calls for local action and a special session
In the final hours of the 2014 legislative session, the House failed to pass Senate Bill 5, which would have helped combat heroin abuse. Some heroin-recovery advocates and community leaders are...
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Highly addictive, crushable pain killer to be released this month; political leaders beg FDA to reconsider its decision
A new narcotic pain pill is set to be released to the market this month, and critics are begging the Food and Drug Administration to reverse its decision, fearing its...