Tag: drugs
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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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Baby Boomers’ number: 4.8% of older adults in U.S. used marijuana in 2013, up from 2.8% a decade ago
As the number of older adults using marijuana increases, researchers say more information is needed to determine the effects of the drug on seniors. “Given the unprecedented aging of the...
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Huge new health law has provisions for research, opioids, mental health, faster approval of drugs and medical devices, and more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Congress passed legislation Wednesday, Dec. 7 that will, among other things, increase funding for medical research and speed up the federal approval of new...
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Republicans agree on bill to speed medical research and drug approval, increase funding; some Democrats want changes
Legislation to speed up the federal approval of new drugs and medical devices and to increase funding of medical research passed the U.S. House of Representatives 392-96 on Wednesday, Nov....
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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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Surgeon general’s addiction report, requested by McConnell and Democratic senator, calls for a new approach
Only 10 percent of Americans who abuse painkillers get treatment, so the nation needs to take a different approach to the growing problem of addiction, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said...
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Opioid epidemic has increased number of grandparents raising grandchildren; 21 percent in U.S. are in poverty
An increasing number of grandparents are raising their grandchildren, largely because many of the children’s parents are addicted to heroin or prescription drugs, both increasing problems in rural areas, Teresa...
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Nationally, poisonings of youth from opioids rose 165% from 1997 to 2012, 205% among those aged 1 to 4
More than 13,000 Americans age 19 and under were hospitalized for opioid poisonings from 1997 to 2012, says a study at the Yale School of Medicine, published in JAMA Pediatrics. The...