New Rules Require Kentucky Doctors to Do More to Combat Pill Abuse
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed emergency regulations that require doctors to meet tougher prescription standards in an effort to stop drug abuse. The rules, which were given to given to state...
View ArticleKentucky Lawmakers Considering Changes to Prescription Pill Bill Passed in 2012
Kentucky lawmakers agree some changes need to be made to a law passed last year that cracks down on illegal "pill mills." But what exactly those changes should be remains open to debate. The...
View ArticleKentucky Senate Committee Advances Fix to 2012 Pill Mill Legislation
A bill addressing issues with 2012's pill mill bill has cleared a state Senate committee, less than a day after it cleared the full House. The bill calls off some regulations of the 2012 House Bill 1,...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Company Helps Train Kentucky Law Enforcement to Address Pill...
A national pharmaceutical company is helping train Kentucky law enforcement on how to address prescription pill abuse in their communities. Purdue Pharma helps produce some of the prescriptions often...
View ArticleKentucky to Study Impact of Law Targeting Prescription Pill Abuse
Kentucky officials will start a yearlong study next month to determine the effects of controversial new laws designed to curb prescription pill abuse. The Courier-Journal reports the Cabinet for Health...
View ArticleJudge Asked to Move Oxycontin Case Away from Eastern Kentucky Town
A judge is considering whether a civil trial involving the maker of OxyContin should be moved away from Pikeville. The lawsuit filed by Kentucky Attorney General against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma...
View ArticleJudge: Oxycontin Trial to Remain in Pikeville
A judge has ruled that a civil trial involving the maker of OxyContin should remain in Pikeville. The lawsuit filed by Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma...
View ArticleConway: Decision on Governor's Race Will Be Made by Spring
Kentucky's Attorney General continues to say he's strongly considering a run for governor. Democrat Jack Conway was in south-central Kentucky Wednesday, addressing students and civic groups about...
View ArticleRogers Wants FDA to Pull Painkiller Off the Market
A Kentucky Congressman is pushing legislation to force the withdrawal of a powerful painkiller from the market. Somerset Republican Hal Rogers says the drug will only worsen the nation’s prescription...
View ArticleCDC to Provide Kentucky $1 Million to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
Kentucky will receive over $1 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat prescription drug abuse. The money will be spread out over three years and used to enhance the...
View ArticleReport: Kentucky Drug Overdose Deaths Rose in 2014
A new report shows the number of people who died from drug overdoses in Kentucky jumped 7 percent last year while the number of deaths attributed to heroin stayed about the same. The Kentucky Office of...
View ArticleStudy Sees Positive Gains from 2012 Prescription Drug Law
A new study says prescriptions for commonly abused medications and doctor-shopping by pill seekers have decreased since Kentucky passed legislation targeting prescription drug abuse. The 2012 law...
View ArticleFormer Monroe County Doctor Learns Punishment in Overprescribing Case
A former Monroe County physician is headed to prison for over-prescribing pain medicine that resulted in patient deaths. Clella Hayes was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Bowling Green. In...
View ArticleAG Beshear Announces Program to Destroy Unused Prescription Pills
Attorney General Andy Beshear says part of the solution to Kentucky’s drug epidemic begins at home. Beshear announced a new program Tuesday that will help get unused pain killers out of home medicine...
View ArticleDrugs Used to Treat Addiction Are Becoming a New Market for Traffickers
Two Campbellsville residents have been arrested for obtaining and distributing prescription drugs under false pretenses. Investigators say the pair illegally distributed more than a thousand Suboxone...
View ArticleFormer Bowling Green Doctor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Prescribing Pain Meds
A day before he was scheduled to go on trial, a former Bowling Green physician has admitted to illegally prescribing pain killers. Fred Gott will avoid what was expected to be a month-long trial in...
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