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New legislator from Northern Ky. hopes to apply background as nurse and state anti-drug officer to her work in General Assembly

A registered nurse who has been Northern Kentucky director for the state Office of Drug Control Policy is among the newly elected Republican...
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Substance-use treatment under Medicaid jumps, following expansion of program and increase in abuse of painkillers

Kentucky's expanded Medicaid program covered approximately 11,000 substance-use treatment services in the second quarter of 2016, a huge...
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1/3 of long-term prescription opioid users say they're addicted

One-third of long-term opioid users in the U.S. report being addicted or dependent on the painkillers, and nearly all of the long-term users...
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Officials tout Obama administration's work on substance abuse

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Officials and health advocates touted the Obama administration's work in addressing substance-us...
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Bevin adds a synthetic painkiller that is abused like heroin to the state's list of controlled substances

Image: foxnews.com Gov. Matt Bevin issued an emergency regulation Nov. 15 to place a synthetic painkiller called U-47700 on a controlled-sub...
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Ky. leads nation in rate of hepatitis C infections but new drugs to treat the disease are so expensive they're out of reach for most

Kentucky's rate of hepatitis C infections is seven times the national average, but expensive new drugs to treat the disease remain large...
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