By Mitchell Berger | July 11, 2023 STAT News | FIRST OPINION “When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Though he was a formidable philosopher and logician, Carroll[Read More…]
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DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanyl
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Monday, July 3, 2023 Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. The U.S. needs laws to force social-media companies to keep their platforms from being used[Read More…]
New Report Ranks Kentucky #1 for Adult Access to Mental Health Care
New Report Ranks Kentucky #1 for Adult Access to Mental Health Care A new report published by Mental Health America ranks Kentucky #1 nationwide for lower prevalence of mental illness and higher rates of access to care among adults. The ranking is based on several metrics, including: adults with any mental illness[Read More…]
What to know about Kentucky’s drop in drug overdose deaths, the first in years
The number of Kentuckians killed by a fatal drug overdose decreased slightly last year for the first time since 2018, according to a new annual report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. According to the agency’s 2022 report, 2,135 Kentucky residents died from a drug overdose last year, a 5%[Read More…]
Frankfort launches overdose response team
Frankfort Police Chief Dustin Bowman said he thinks of his own family as he works to support people suffering from substance use disorder. “I’ve seen how it’s torn families apart, how children have been removed from home and unfortunately, I’ve seen how a brother-in-law — mine — passed away from his[Read More…]
Drug overdoses in the US slightly increased last year. But experts see hopeful signs
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the numbers plateaued for most of last year. Experts aren’t sure whether that means the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S.[Read More…]
Report: Substance use disorder is negatively impacting Kentucky’s economy
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WCHS) — Substance use disorder not only impacts public health, a new report said it’s hurting the economy in Kentucky. The report from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce said substance use disorder is pulling people out of the workforce at a time when they’re needed most. Get the full[Read More…]
Opioid Addiction Treatment Rates in U.S. Have Flatlined, Study Finds
By Cara Murez | HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. opioid crisis led to changes that make it easier for people struggling with addiction to get medication from a health care provider to help them quit. But researchers found that for some reason, rates of[Read More…]
‘Addiction medicine is primary care’: Patients who visit their primary care doctor for opioid addiction treatment reduce their overdose risk, a new study suggests
By AUBREY WHELAN | THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER PHILADELPHIA — As a primary care physician at Jefferson Health, Greg Jaffe helps his patients navigate diabetes and high blood pressure, flu shots and annual checkups — standard fare for a family medicine practitioner. But for many of his patients, he also oversees a[Read More…]
Biden’s drug czar declares fentanyl laced with animal tranquilizer an ’emerging threat’ facing U.S.
Fentanyl mixed with the veterinary sedative xylazine has been linked to a sharp increase of overdose deaths across the country. By Daniel Arkin President Joe Biden’s drug czar on Wednesday declared that fentanyl mixed with xylazine, an animal tranquilizer known as “tranq” that has been linked to a rising number of overdose[Read More…]