Early registration is open for the 2014 Different Faces of Substance Abuse Conference, which seeks to build collaborations and partnerships among Kentucky community members to address the state’s prescription-drug abuse...
Attorney General Jack Conway says he wants Purdue Pharma to settle for $100 million or more after it missed a deadline to respond to his arguments in his lawsuit over the...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday drug-safety labeling changes and new post-market study requirements for all extended-release and long-acting opioids, and Kentucky political leaders applauded these measures to...
Kentucky’s law-enforcement agences, policymakers and public-health advocates have taken serious measures to curb the state’s rampant prescription drug abuse problem, and recent state and national news stories suggest that the...
Gov. Steve Beshear announced today that Kentucky now has 149 permanent prescription drug disposal locations in 97 counties where Kentuckians can safely dispose of unused or expired medications in order...
UPDATE: Final, revised data show that prescription-drug deaths in Kentucky actually increased slightly, from 1,022 in 2011 to 1,031 in 2,012, according to the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center....
Heroin use, which has been a problem in Northern and then Central Kentucky after the state began cracking down on prescription painkillers last year, has been spreading to the Southern...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear rushed to transplant Medicaid into a new bed called managed care, hoping the new medium would save money and improve health,...
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released regional breakdowns of the Kentucky Health Issues Poll, conducted for it and the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati last fall. Each breakdown...
Despite the plethora of bad news about Kentucky’s poor health status, there are many positive initiatives for Kentucky’s oral health and substance abuse treatment, which were stories buried under health...