KY commission hears from experts on promise of psychedelic to treat opioid addiction

on July 22, 2023

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Karen Butcher, whose son died in 2020 of an opioid overdose, asked a panel of experts on Monday in Frankfort: If cost wasn’t a factor, why shouldn’t Kentucky explore the use of an illicit psychedelic drug as a treatment for opioid addiction?

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