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Polling shows Kentucky ranks third in share of residents, 24.5 percent, who say they take mood-altering drugs every day

Unknown 8:59 AM alcohol, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs, tobacco
Kentucky is the place to be for mood-altering drugs. The state ranked third in a Gallup Organization   study that asked 450 adults in each ...
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Poll shows more issues with heroin, fewer with pain pills

Poll shows more issues with heroin, fewer with pain pills
Unknown 6:05 AM drug abuse, pain, poll, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs
The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll backs up law-enforcement opinion that Kentucky's metropolitan areas are experiencing increased pr...
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Ky. ranks 8th in the number of high-prescribing Medicare physicians for powerful narcotic painkillers and stimulants

Unknown 10:26 AM Medicare, physicians, prescription drug abuse
Kentucky ranks eighth in Medicare physicians who are considered "high prescribers" of Schedule 2 medications, drugs that have the ...
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Deaths from drug overdoses and prescriptions for opiate treatment drugs are both rising, worrying state officials

Deaths from drug overdoses and prescriptions for opiate treatment drugs are both rising, worrying state officials
Unknown 8:55 AM drug abuse, heroin, prescription drug abuse, state government
Despite measures to discourage prescription drug abuse, Kentucky health officials report overdose deaths continue to rise and opioid treatme...
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Kentucky doctors treat an increasing number of babies suffering from drug addiction given to them by their mothers

Unknown 8:23 PM addiction, babies, drug abuse, drugs, neonatal care, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs
Neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS, is becoming such a widespread problem that many medical professionals are calling it an epidemic and a...
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