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Getty Images —– By Lindsey Piercy and Kaitlin Brooks University of Kentucky The first students to participate in program aimed at combating Kentucky’s opioid epidemic have graduated and gone to...
A new synthetic opiate, isotonitazene, may require more than a usual dose of naloxone (Narcan) to restore breathing. —– A new synthetic opiate is showing signs of penetrating new markets,...
Image from Alcohol.org —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Economic struggles and social isolation are well-known triggers for people with substance-use disorders, so the coronavirus pandemic has created a perfect...
By Tim Robinson Tim Robinson is CEO of Addiction Recovery Care and a founding member of RECON KY, a consortium for recovery in Kentucky. When grave new challenges emerge, it would be nice...
Dakota Scott, with her two-week-old daughter, fights meth addiction at Karen’s Place Maternity Center in Ashland, a facility for women in addiction recovery (Photo by Hilary Swift for The New York...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House bill to let physician assistants prescribe some highly regulated drugs is moving through the Senate, but without application to some highly addictive...
Photo illustration from MedicalMarijuana.com —– Kentucky would be the 34th state to make marijuana legal for medicinal purposes, under a bill the state House passed Thursday by a vote of...
Reps. Jason Nemes and John Sims Jr. presented the medical marijuana bill, HB 136, in the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo from Legislative Public Information Office) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As lawmakers move close to legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky, a new poll shows that an overwhelming number of Kentucky adults would support such...
Sheldon offered his bill. (KET image) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Heath News The state House has passed a bill to let physician assistants to prescribe highly regulated drugs, a step...