Tag: drug abuse
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Women in small-town America aren’t living as long as before; alcohol, drugs, food, housing, jobs, education, pollution to blame
By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Those of us who grew up in small rural communities in the 1950s and ’60s expected to have longer life spans than our...
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Rural drug-overdose rates, high in Kentucky, blamed partly on limits on treatment medication and mental-health services
“People in rural areas of Appalachia are more likely to die early deaths than in other parts of the country,” and a big reason is that they “die from drug...
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Struggling Tenn. hospital takes care of Kentuckians, who get better care than Tennesseans thanks to expanded Medicaid
Jellico Community Hospital, just across the Kentucky border in Tennessee along Interstate 75, was taken over by Community Hospital Corp. last May, but that’s not a guarantee it will survive, especially since...
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Obama joins Rogers at National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, says it’s time to focus on treatment over incarceration
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fifth annual national summit on prescription drug abuse, started by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, was the largest, broadest and highest-profile yet....
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Survey of Cincy-area students, including some in Kenton County, finds pot and vaping more popular than cigs; drug use down
Students in Greater Cincinnati, including Northern Kentucky, are more likely to use marijuana and electronic vapor products than cigarettes, according to a drug-use survey of students in the region. Graph...
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Boyd, Clark counties approve needle exchanges; Boyd’s is a limited, one-for one; Covington’s proposed limits draw objections
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Clark and Boyd counties are the ninth and 10th Kentucky counties to approve a needle-exchange program, and Madison and Anderson counties are talking about it....
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Kentucky ranks fourth nationally in painkiller prescriptions; CDC proposal would limit prescription strength and amount
Kentucky has the nation’s fourth highest rate of painkiller prescriptions, at about 130 prescriptions for every 100 people, Christine Vestal reports for Stateline. The high rate of painkiller prescriptions is...
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McConnell touts bill to fight opioid abuse; blocks extra funding, says money is available and more should require cuts elsewhere
The U.S. Senate passed a bill 94-1 March 10 aimed at “the growing epidemic of painkiller and heroin abuse,” Karoun Demirjian reports for The Washington Post. “Drug abuse has been...
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Bevin helps lead governors’ push to fight opioids; McConnell pressures new FDA boss on issue before his confirmation
The epidemic of opioid abuse, which is running strong in Kentucky, got a good deal of attention in Washington last week, in Congress, at the White House and at a...
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Frankfort approves needle exchange; Northern Kentucky remains resistant though that’s where the heroin problem is worst
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Franklin County Health Department can now operate a needle exchange program in Frankfort, following a 3-2 vote by the Frankfort City Commission, Seth...