Tag: drug abuse
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Democrats in Congress lose key round in bid for immediate anti-addiction funds; threaten filibuster that could kill the bill
Deaths from prescription overdose hit a record high in 2014 By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Democrats are threatening to filibuster the proposed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act after a Democratic-led effort...
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At third and final Medicaid hearing, Eastern Kentucky residents say plan doesn’t match up with the realities of their region
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In the county and region where the expansion of Medicaid has had the most impact, residents and health-care providers gave the harshest criticism yet...
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No Kentucky health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies offer comprehensive coverage of addiction treatment
Photo from drugabuse.com More than two-thirds of state health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies violate federal treatment requirements for addiction disorders, says the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse....
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Feds ease access to most common drug against opioid addiction
Photo from thefix.com By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Federal drug rules will soon loosen so that doctors can accommodate nearly triple the number of patients they...
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Several Kentucky school districts are requiring students who drive to school to pass a drug test; Hardin County is the latest
Image: commons.wikimedia.org By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hardin County has joined a growing number of Kentucky school districts that require student drivers, and those who participate in athletics, to...
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Medicaid hearings in Bowling Green and Frankfort elicit nearly incessant criticism; third and final hearing in Hazard next Wed.
Supporters of the current Medicaid expansion sat on the front row of a packed hearing room in Frankfort. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Supporters were few and far between...
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Public hearings to be held Tuesday in Bowling Green, Wednesday in Frankfort and next week in Hazard plan for Medicaid changes
Public hearings on Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change the Medicaid program will be held Tuesday in Bowling Green, Wednesday in Frankfort and next week in Hazard. The Bowling Green...
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Northern Ky. doctor who treats 300 addicts says many doctors don’t treat them because it’s not easy and often frustrating
“The sooner everyone understands that addiction needs to be treated as a disease, the sooner communities will make progress in battling the problem.” So says Dr. Mike Kalfas of Northern...
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Dangers of HIV and hepatitis from intravenous drug use reach far beyond addicts and families, threatening a wide swath of Ky.
The growing use of heroin and the abuse of prescription painkillers in Kentucky also mean that the state “is being ravaged by the diseases that follow in their wake: hepatitis...
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Potent fentanyl, mixed with heroin, drives 14.7 percent increase in fatal drug overdoses in Kentucky from 2014 to 2015
The number of drug-overdose fatalities in Kentucky rose almost 15 percent in 2015, driven by a 247 percent jump in deaths involving fentanyl, a highly potent opioid that some traffickers...