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As prescription painkillers become harder to get and abuse, heroin replaces them in Eastern and Southern Kentucky

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Heroin use, which has been a problem in Northern and then Central Kentucky after the state began cracking down on prescription painkillers l...

Could Medicare Part D be an inadvertent enabler of prescription drug abuse?

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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News An examination of the Medicare Part D program that Congress established a decade ago, dedicating bill...

Prescription-painkiller epidemic is spurred by societal shift, experts say: People think every problem has a pill for an answer

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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The prescription-painkiller epidemic stems partly from an evolution of society's views toward pai...

Experts explain changes to state prescription-tracking system

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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Kentucky All-Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system, the key to fighting doctor-shoppi...

More child-welfare indicators added to Kids Count data site

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Kentucky Youth Advocates has added four new child welfare indicators to the agency's Kids Count Data Center. These four new indicators ...