Tag: KASPER
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Kentucky lawmakers have passed several health-related bills to deal with the opioid epidemic, and could pass several more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The 2017 General Assembly has passed several bills meant to put more “tools in the toolbox” as the state works to...
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At National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, Beshear cites Kentucky’s successes
Gov. Steve Beshear told attendees at the 2014 National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday about the progress Kentucky has made in the last two years in its...
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More than $32 million from settlements with drug makers will finance expanded substance-abuse treatment in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive more than $32 million as a result of lawsuit settlements with two pharmaceutical companies, and top state officials...
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House panel approves bill easing rules of 2012’s pill-mill bill
They could call it the pill they’re taking to fix the pill-mill bill. A state House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would tweak last year’s legislation aimed at cracking...
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Board of Medical Licensure to amend pill-mill regulations to address concerns of doctors and some patients
The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure wants to change some of the more controversial requirements for urine screenings and digital monitoring in the state’s new prescription-drug regulations under the law...
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Governor lauds HB 1 for closing 10 of the state’s worst pain clinics, reducing the number of controlled-substance prescriptions
Gov. Steve Beshear gave credit this week to House Bill 1 for reducing the number of prescriptions written for frequently abused controlled substances and for closing the doors on 10...
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Covington police chief: New prescription-drug law has unintended consequence of encouraging pain pill addicts to use heroin, commit crimes
Black tar heroin Kentucky’s new prescription drug law may be having its desired effect of taking prescription painkillers off the streets, but could be forcing those very same addicts into...
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Licensing board needs to step up its game against pain-pill docs, Stumbo says
If the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure doesn’t increase its oversight on doctors who prescribe excessive amounts of pain pills, House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Tuesday he’ll find an agency...