Oct 2 Health Opioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis? As the toll from the addiction crisis rises, some 60 government bodies in the Ohio Valley are suing companies that make or distribute opioid painkillers. By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 2 Health Opioids On Trial: Can Lawsuits Help Fix The Addiction Crisis? Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource
Sep 25 Economy Kentucky’s Opioid Epidemic Impacting State’s Workforce The president of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce says opioid abuse is a factor in the state’s low workforce participation rate. By Lisa Autry Sep 25 Economy Kentucky’s Opioid Epidemic Impacting State’s Workforce Lisa Autry
Sep 20 Politics Kentucky Lawmakers Seek Solutions In Daylong Meeting On Opioid Addiction Four Kentuckians die of drug overdoses every day, according to the state Office of Drug Control Policy. Most of those deaths are due to opioids. By Ryland Barton Sep 20 Politics Ky. Lawmakers Seek Solutions In Daylong Meeting On Opioid Addiction Ryland Barton
Sep 19 Health Law Gives New Tool To Doctors Treating Drug Dependent Babies The new law allows a doctor treating a baby they suspect of being born dependent on opioids or other drugs to pull the mother's KASPER report. By Lisa Gillespie Sep 19 Health Law Gives New Tool To Doctors Treating Drug Dependent Babies Lisa Gillespie
Sep 18 Health Beshear Joins Bipartisan Effort Urging Insurers To Help With Opioid Crisis Attorneys general from 35 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are asking insurers to take a closer look at their prescription policies. By Rick Howlett Sep 18 Health Beshear Joins Bipartisan Effort Urging Insurers To Help With Opioid Crisis Rick Howlett
Aug 29 Health Study: Fewer Injured Workers Prescribed Opioids After Kentucky Reforms New data show workers injured on the job received fewer prescription opioids after legislation passed in Kentucky that set up a drug monitoring database. By Lisa Gillespie Aug 29 Health Study: Fewer Injured Workers Prescribed Opioids After Ky. Reforms Lisa Gillespie
Aug 22 Health Aetna To Donate Anti-Overdose Drug To 4 Kentucky Counties Chief Medical Officer Harold Paz says the donation is part of the work the insurance provider is doing to aid in the opioid epidemic. By Lisa Gillespie Aug 22 Health Aetna To Donate Anti-Overdose Drug To 4 Kentucky Counties Lisa Gillespie
Aug 2 Health Should The Opioid Crisis Be Declared A National Emergency? A White House commission released a report this week on America's opioid crisis with an urgent recommendation that Trump declare it a national emergency. By Greg Allen, NPR Aug 2 Health Should The Opioid Crisis Be Declared A National Emergency? Greg Allen, NPR
Jul 15 Commentary Strange Fruit: Race And Racism In Covering The Drug Crisis Is drug abuse mainly an illness or a crime? Depends on who's using. By Laura Ellis Jul 15 Commentary Strange Fruit: Race And Racism In Covering The Drug Crisis Laura Ellis
Jul 3 Health Working With Addiction: A Popsicle Plant Helps To Lick The Opioid Crisis If you’ve ever enjoyed a Budget Saver twin popsicle on a hot summer day, you can thank the employees of the Ziegenfelder frozen treat factory in Wheeling, West Virginia. By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 3 Health A Popsicle Plant Helps To Lick The Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jun 28 Politics Senate President Questions Why Kentucky Settled OxyContin Case Senate President Robert Stivers has questioned why Kentucky settled a lawsuit in 2015 with Purdue Pharma for "pennies on the dollar." By Ryland Barton Jun 28 Politics Senate President Questions Why Kentucky Settled OxyContin Case Ryland Barton
Jun 23 Health For Pregnant Women Addicted to Opioids, Lack Of Providers Limits Treatment Options In Kentucky and across most of the country, the options for a pregnant woman addicted to opioids are largely dictated by where that woman lives. By Lisa Gillespie Jun 23 Health Lack Of Providers Limits Drug Treatment Options For Pregnant Women Lisa Gillespie
Jun 21 Health Kentucky AG Investigating Drug Manufacturers’ Influence On Opioid Crisis In Kentucky, there were more than 1,248 overdose deaths in the first half of 2016, a 25 percent increase from 2014. By Lisa Gillespie Jun 21 Health KY AG Investigating Drug Manufacturers' Influence On Opioid Crisis Lisa Gillespie
Jun 19 Health How An Opioid Treatment Could Be Contributing To The Problem NPR's David Greene talks to Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, who is cracking down on the new "pill mills" that dispense Suboxone. By NPR Staff Jun 19 Health How An Opioid Treatment Could Be Contributing To The Problem NPR Staff
Jun 12 Health A Drugmaker Tries To Cash In On The Opioid Epidemic, One State Law At A Time There's growing urgency among state policymakers to fight the addiction epidemic. The number of opioid overdose deaths quadrupled from 1999 to 2015. By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media Jun 12 Health Drugmaker Tries To Cash In On Opioid Epidemic Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media