Gov. Matt Bevin, Justice Cabinet and Operation UNITE Unveil New Drug Treatment Helpline
The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and Operation UNITE are launching a new substance abuse call center that will connect people across the...
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Sec. Grimes to convene task force to propose legislative action to legalize medical marijuana
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is convening a task force of Kentuckians to focus on a legislative proposal to legalize medical marijuana in...
Beshear Joins AGs to Urge Repeal of Federal Law Hampering Law Enforcement in Opioid Battle
Attorney General Andy Beshear is asking Congress to repeal a federal law that effectively strips law enforcement of its ability to immediately halt drug...
Beshear Files Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Company for ‘Contributing’ to Opioid Overdoses, Deaths
In 2016, more than 190 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose caused by a powerful prescription opioid three times stronger than morphine. Many of those...
Gov. Bevin, Aetna and Northern Kentucky Officials Announce Distribution of Narcan
Gov. Matt Bevin today joined Aetna officials and Northern Kentucky officials at the Boone County Sherriff’s Training Center to announce a partnership...
Kentucky Launches Opioid Disposal Program to Fight State Drug Epidemic
Attorney General Andy Beshear is taking an innovative step in the fight against what he believes is the single greatest threat to Kentucky – the state’s...
Struggle Over When to Prescribe for Opioid Addiction
The overdose of painkillers kills more than 60 Americans every day, and between 2005 and 2014 there was a 99 percent increase in the number of people...
Opioid painkiller being pulled by pharmaceutical company
In 2015, more than 225 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose with Opana in their blood. Now that the makers of the opioid painkiller announced July 6...
New public awareness campaign offers drug abuse treatment and resources
Gov. Matt Bevin is urging all Kentuckians to help beat back the opioid epidemic with a new public awareness campaign that highlights the dangers of...
Fleming County man gets five years in heroin/fentanyl death
A Fleming County man was sentenced Thursday (June 29) in U.S. District Court in connection with the August 2016, drug overdose death of an Augusta woman...
Sec. Grimes to convene task force to propose legislative action to legalize medical marijuana
Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is convening a task force of Kentuckians to focus on a legislative proposal to legalize medical marijuana in...
Beshear Joins AGs to Urge Repeal of Federal Law Hampering Law Enforcement in Opioid Battle
Attorney General Andy Beshear is asking Congress to repeal a federal law that effectively strips law enforcement of its ability to immediately halt drug...
Beshear Files Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Company for ‘Contributing’ to Opioid Overdoses, Deaths
In 2016, more than 190 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose caused by a powerful prescription opioid three times stronger than morphine. Many of those...
Gov. Bevin, Aetna and Northern Kentucky Officials Announce Distribution of Narcan
Gov. Matt Bevin today joined Aetna officials and Northern Kentucky officials at the Boone County Sherriff’s Training Center to announce a partnership...
Kentucky Launches Opioid Disposal Program to Fight State Drug Epidemic
Attorney General Andy Beshear is taking an innovative step in the fight against what he believes is the single greatest threat to Kentucky – the state’s...
Struggle Over When to Prescribe for Opioid Addiction
The overdose of painkillers kills more than 60 Americans every day, and between 2005 and 2014 there was a 99 percent increase in the number of people...
Opioid painkiller being pulled by pharmaceutical company
In 2015, more than 225 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose with Opana in their blood. Now that the makers of the opioid painkiller announced July 6...
New public awareness campaign offers drug abuse treatment and resources
Gov. Matt Bevin is urging all Kentuckians to help beat back the opioid epidemic with a new public awareness campaign that highlights the dangers of...
Fleming County man gets five years in heroin/fentanyl death
A Fleming County man was sentenced Thursday (June 29) in U.S. District Court in connection with the August 2016, drug overdose death of an Augusta woman...