DEA agent enters building housing clinic (Herald-Leader photo by Charles Bertram) Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/16/2071374/board-suspends-medical-license.html#storylink=cpy The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure imposed an emergency suspension yesterday on the license of the...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At a summit on prescription drug abuse last week, Attorney General Jack Conway spoke of experiences he’s had talking to middle schoolers about prescription...
Representing a united front, policymakers from both sides of the political aisle, law enforcement, medical officials and other leaders stood by Gov. Steve Beshear Monday in support of attacking the...
Law enforcement agencies are dealing with yet another way drug seekers are trying to get their hands on prescriptions pills — through their pets. In McCracken County, Tonya Rolison, 46,...
House Speaker Greg Stumbo filed a comprehensive bill Thursday aimed at attacking the state’s prescription drug problem on all sides, namely taking the data already collected from the 11 million...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Prescription drug abuse has become so prevalent in parts of Kentucky, people are buying Mason jars of clean urine at flea markets and under...
A prescription pill abuse summit will be Wednesday at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, featuring many notable speakers. They will include: Gov. Steve Beshear; Wilfredo Ferrer, U.S. attorney...
With a raid on a pain clinic in Paintsville making headlines yesterday morning, state legislators heard from community leaders and officials telling them to pass legislation to curb the proliferation...
As lawmakers wrestle with what to do about prescription pill abuse in Kentucky, law enforcement continues to crack down on so-called “pill mills.” For the second time in less than...
Attorneys general from Florida and Kentucky say the prescription pill pipeline between the two states is beginning to close, reports Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald-Leader. They credit new programs...