Tag: drug abuse
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Ky. has 25 approved syringe exchanges to reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks; other counties debate proposals
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A minister, a nurse and a physician assistant joined forces in Powell County to educate its citizens about a syringe-exchange program, which should open...
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Reformulation of OxyContin to make it abuse-deterrent is main reason for shift to heroin and deaths from it, study concludes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The reformulation of OxyContin in 2010 is the main reason for the large increase in heroin overdose in recent years, according to a working paper...
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Meth labs were more prevalent in ‘dry’ counties in 2004-2010; adds to evidence that making alcohol legal decreases drug use
Meth use is more prevalent in counties where the sale of alcohol is illegal, say researchers at the University of Louisville. They looked at meth-lab seizures in Drug Enforcement Administration...
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New legislator from Northern Ky. hopes to apply background as nurse and state anti-drug officer to her work in General Assembly
A registered nurse who has been Northern Kentucky director for the state Office of Drug Control Policy is among the newly elected Republicans who now rule the state House. Kim...
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Substance-use treatment under Medicaid jumps, following expansion of program and increase in abuse of painkillers
Kentucky’s expanded Medicaid program covered approximately 11,000 substance-use treatment services in the second quarter of 2016, a huge increase from the 1,500 services from January through March 2014, the first...
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Anecdotal reports suggest that injured teen athletes who are prescribed opioids are getting addicted, but research is conflicted
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three high-school athletes, two playing football and one a swimmer, recently told NBC News how they got hooked on opioids after being prescribed them for...
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1/3 of long-term prescription opioid users say they’re addicted
One-third of long-term opioid users in the U.S. report being addicted or dependent on the painkillers, and nearly all of the long-term users in the survey said they got their...
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Officials tout Obama administration’s work on substance abuse
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Officials and health advocates touted the Obama administration’s work in addressing substance-use disorders at a forum Nov. 29, and also advocated for the passage...
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Drug overdoses in Northern Kentucky skyrocketed after arrival of super-potent fentanyl and carfantenil
Drug overdoses in Northern Kentucky have skyrocketed as the super-potent opioids fentanyl and carfantenil have been added to the heroin supply, Terry DeMio reports for The Cincinnati Enquirer. “In just...
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Bevin adds a synthetic painkiller that is abused like heroin to the state’s list of controlled substances
Image: foxnews.com Gov. Matt Bevin issued an emergency regulation Nov. 15 to place a synthetic painkiller called U-47700 on a controlled-substance list in Kentucky and make it subject to criminal...