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House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg,sponsored the prescription drug bill.(Courier-Journal photo) A controversial bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse, which was considered by many as the hallmark of the 2012...
Another in-depth look at Kentucky’s prescription drug abuse problem hit the pages of The Courier-Journal yesterday, this time exploring the history of OxyContin and how well-meaning doctors started over-prescribing opioids in...
The crackdown on prescription-pill abuse has some patients worried they won’t be able to get the medicine they need because doctors are fearful of over-prescribing. “It’s a huge concern in...
A plan for an ideal prescription drug monitoring system was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, with its authors concluding spending more money to improve systems is...
Photo by iStockphoto Research from the University of North Carolina indicates drug databases like the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system do reduce doctor shopping and change prescribing behavior....
Reflections on the new law to fight “pill mills” are in both of Kentucky’s major metropolitan newspapers today. The Courier-Journal, which rightly takes partial credit for focusing attention on the...
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, center, walkswith House budget committee chair RickRand and House Majority Floor LeaderRocky Adkins. (Courier-Journal photo). Legislators have sent Gov. Steve Beshear a bill to curb prescription...
As expected, finding a way to fight prescription drug abuse was back on the legislative agenda as lawmakers gathered for Day 1 of their special session. House Speaker Greg Stumbo...
Though it’s considered by experts as the most important bill needed this year, the Senate failed to pass a measure that would crack down on so-called pill mills before the...
Today, Gov. Steve Beshear again called on legislators to pass a bill Thursday that would crack down on so-called pill mills and thus curb prescription drug abuse. Speaking at the...