Tag: drug treatment
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Grant is eighth county to approve needle exchange; op-ed calls for N. Ky. to take a vote; and Louisville opens its third site
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Grant County is the eighth county in the state to approve a needle-exchange program, nearly 11 months after the legislature paved the way to...
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$3 million allocated to 10 local jails for substance-abuse treatment programs; final round of $10 million in funding from heroin bill
In the final delivery of the $10 million that was appropriated in this year’s anti-heroin legislation, more than $3 million is being distributed to provide substance-abuse treatment for both county...
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Ky. pharmacists can now fill orders for a lifesaving anti-overdose drug without a doctor’s order, but at greater expense
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pharmacists across Kentucky can now fill orders for naloxone, including the nasal-spray Kentucky-developed version, used to treat opioid and heroin overdoses, without a prescription....
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National Institute on Drug Abuse director, in Ky., offers solutions to stop over-prescription of painkillers, opposes pot legalization
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow, told a group of Kentucky journalists and others at the Foundation for...
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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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Ky. to share in $2.5 million anti-heroin grant that will pair law enforcement and public health to put more focus on treatment
Kentucky will be among several states to share a $2.5 million federal grant to help fight the heroin epidemic in its communities, according to press release from the office of...
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Lawmakers and health officials meet to discuss increased use of heroin during pregnancy and thus, more addicted babies
Health officials and lawmakers met at the University of Kentucky Hospital Aug. 10 to discuss the increasing use of heroin among pregnant women and how this has caused a huge...
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Ky. gets $3 million grant to expand substance abuse treatment for pregnant women after big jump in drug-dependent newborns
Kentucky will receive up to $3 million in federal grants over three years to provide expanded substance abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women in the Bluegrass and Cumberland regions...
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CDC report finds heroin use increased by 63 percent since 2002, with greatest increases seen among women and whites
Heroin use increased 63 percent and heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled since 2002, according to a report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As heroin use has increased,...
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Half again as many Kentucky newborns were hospitalized for drug dependency last year as the year before
Mother Samantha Adams and her newborn Leopoldo Bautista,10 days old, spend quality time inside the Louisville NortonHealthcare child care center for children experiencing drugwithdrawal. (Photo by Alton Strupp, The Courier-Journal) Increasing...