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Kentucky ranks high in prescription drug abuse, but also is a national leader in efforts to fight it, state-by-state analysis says
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7:46 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report finds many states do not have effective strategies in place to fight prescription drug a...
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Middle- and high-school students invited to create 30-second videos discouraging prescription drug abuse, win prizes in contest
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7:37 AM
Attorney General Jack Conway and his Keep Kentucky Safe partners invite Kentucky middle- and high-school students to compete in the annual P...
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Fewer teens report using tobacco and abusing prescription drugs, but some attribute latter trend to increase in heroin use
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2:40 PM
By Melissa Patrick and Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky teenagers said last year that they used prescription drugs without...
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Fighting prescription drug abuse? Save your spot for 'The Difference Faces of Substance Abuse' conference Jan. 28-29
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Early registration is open for the 2014 Different Faces of Substance Abuse Conference, which seeks to build collaborations and partnerships ...
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Smokers, take note: Chinese meditation technique offers hope
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In 2010, Kentucky had the second highest rate of adult smokers in the U.S., with 24.8 percent of the adult population -- or 1.1 million adul...
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Big papers' Page 1 stories spotlight recovery center for pill addicts, lack of state program for problem gamblers
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1:01 PM
Gripping stories from recovering addicts, on the front pages of Kentucky's two largest newspapers this morning, highlight Kentuckians...
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FDA likely to make hydrocodone painkillers harder to prescribe
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10:34 AM
Prescription painkillers containing hydrocodone should be placed in a more restrictive federal category, a Food and Drug Administration ad...
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Pike court will keep lawsuit county and attorney general filed against Purdue Pharma over damage done by its OxyContin
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12:25 PM
A state court will hear the Kentucky attorney general's 2007 lawsuit against OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma , against the wishes o...
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Northern Kentucky group forms in response to what some consider 'epidemic' of heroin use in their area
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Ashel Kruetzkamp with a vial of Naloxone HCl, used to treat those who overdose on heroin. (Photo by Patrick Reddy) Heroin use is reaching s...
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Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the 'new asylums,' Wall Street Journal says
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Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...