Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Crystal methamphetamine (Drug Enforcement Administration) —– The methamphetamine problem is so bad in Owensboro that the city commissioner hosted a community forum to discuss it, Katie Pickens reports for the Owensboro Times. “This issue...
NPR.org photo —– Thirteen Kentucky hospitals are suing more than 40 opioid manufacturers, distributors and sellers for using “a false narrative marketing scheme” that understated the risks associated with opioids...
Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery: A Workshop for Journalists will be held in Ashland Nov. 15 by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The workshop is...
One of the first studies to explore syringe-service programs in rural counties found that the participants who consistently used a syringe exchange and voiced high confidence in their ability to...
Pikeville and Pike County are battling a resurgence in use of methamphetamine, reports Alex Acquisto of the Lexington Herald-Leader. The area has been ground zero for the opioid epidemic, but “a quieter crisis...
The College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky has received a three-year, $1.3 million federal grant to help get more substance-abuse and behavioral-health workers in Appalachia. “More than two-thirds of Kentucky’s counties...
Every September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration sponsors National Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of substance-use and mental disorders and to celebrate the people who recover. “This...
HealthDay photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Youth who use electronic cigarettes are more likely to use marijuana, and the odds are even greater for those who start...
Freeman discusses ways clients and families can eat healthier. (Photo by Steve Patton, UK Agricultural Communications) —– By Katie Pratt University of Kentucky CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Program assistants and agents with...
Coroner Steve Talbott, in his funeral home (Photo by Michael S. Williamson, The Washington Post) —– How many rural coroners, witnessing death after death from opioid overdoses, would call police...