Princess Health and Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal overdoses from narcotics. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal overdoses from narcotics. Princessiccia

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Kentucky is the only truly Appalachian state to have put a brake on fatal drug overdoses,...

Princess Health and Kentucky is cracking down on Suboxone, a heroin substitute that has become a big part of the illegal trade in painkillers.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Kentucky is cracking down on Suboxone, a heroin substitute that has become a big part of the illegal trade in painkillers.Princessiccia

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A drug that was supposed to help people get off heroin has "created a new...

Princess Health and Paducah Sun looks at two local doctors who write many prescriptions for painkillers; such local data are easily available.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Paducah Sun looks at two local doctors who write many prescriptions for painkillers; such local data are easily available.Princessiccia

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The Paducah Sun has used some easily available information about two local doctors...

Princess Health and State health commissioner backs needle exchanges, most controversial part of anti-heroin legislation passed this year.Princessiccia

Princess Health and State health commissioner backs needle exchanges, most controversial part of anti-heroin legislation passed this year.Princessiccia

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The Kentucky General Assembly cracked down in 2012 on "pill mills" that dispense...

Princess Health and Princess Health andMore treatment needed to deal with painkiller abuse, expert witness tells Senate caucus; McConnell says jail helps, too.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andMore treatment needed to deal with painkiller abuse, expert witness tells Senate caucus; McConnell says jail helps, too.Princessiccia

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Addiction to prescription painkillers, and increased addiction to heroin by people...

Princess Health and Princess Health andAt National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, Beshear cites Kentucky's successes.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andAt National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, Beshear cites Kentucky's successes.Princessiccia

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Gov. Steve Beshear told attendees at the 2014 National Prescription Drug Abuse Summit...

Princess Health and House panel approves bill easing rules of 2012's pill-mill bill.Princessiccia

Princess Health and House panel approves bill easing rules of 2012's pill-mill bill.Princessiccia

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They could call it the pill they're taking to fix the pill-mill bill.A state House...

Princess Health and Beshear calls for action to improve state's health, but says only that 'It's time for us to begin looking seriously' at a smoking ban.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Beshear calls for action to improve state's health, but says only that 'It's time for us to begin looking seriously' at a smoking ban.Princessiccia

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By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsHis priorities were education and tax reform, but...

Princess Health and With crackdown on pill abuse, will legitimate patients be able to get the prescriptions they need?.Princessiccia

Princess Health and With crackdown on pill abuse, will legitimate patients be able to get the prescriptions they need?.Princessiccia

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The crackdown on prescription-pill abuse has some patients worried they...

Princess Health and Improvements to Rx monitoring systems worth the expense, study finds; using systems influence doctors' prescribing decisions.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Improvements to Rx monitoring systems worth the expense, study finds; using systems influence doctors' prescribing decisions.Princessiccia

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A plan for an ideal prescription drug monitoring system was published today in the...

Princess Health and State prescription drug databases like KASPER cut back doctor shopping and drug abuse, new study shows.Princessiccia

Princess Health and State prescription drug databases like KASPER cut back doctor shopping and drug abuse, new study shows.Princessiccia

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Photo by iStockphotoResearch from the University of North Carolina indicates drug...

Princess Health and Major newspapers publish reflections, reactions and details (including videos) on new law that will fight 'pill mills'.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Major newspapers publish reflections, reactions and details (including videos) on new law that will fight 'pill mills'.Princessiccia

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Reflections on the new law to fight "pill mills" are in both of Kentucky's major...

Princess Health and Pill-mill bill passes; attorney general won't get drug-monitoring system but narcotic-prescribing doctors will have to use it.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Pill-mill bill passes; attorney general won't get drug-monitoring system but narcotic-prescribing doctors will have to use it.Princessiccia

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House Speaker Greg Stumbo, center, walkswith House budget committee chair RickRand...

Princess Health and Fighting prescription drug abuse back on legislative agenda.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Fighting prescription drug abuse back on legislative agenda.Princessiccia

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As expected, finding a way to fight prescription drug abuse was back on the legislative...

Princess Health and Pill-mill bill does not pass as legislative session ends in failure; special session starts Monday.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Pill-mill bill does not pass as legislative session ends in failure; special session starts Monday.Princessiccia

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Though it's considered by experts as the most important bill needed this year, the...

Princess Health and Beshear tells national audience legislature should pass pill-mill bill.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Beshear tells national audience legislature should pass pill-mill bill.Princessiccia

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Today, Gov. Steve Beshear again called on legislators to pass a bill Thursday that...

Princess Health and Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Florida, organized by Ky. group, set to start as lobbying on 'pill-mill bill' continues to ramp up.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Florida, organized by Ky. group, set to start as lobbying on 'pill-mill bill' continues to ramp up.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsAs a bipartisan group of political leaders pushes...

Princess Health and Need for painkillers and social support, shortage of treatment programs, feeds prescription drug abuse in Appalachian Ky..Princessiccia

Princess Health and Need for painkillers and social support, shortage of treatment programs, feeds prescription drug abuse in Appalachian Ky..Princessiccia

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By Ivy BrashearKentucky Health NewsTaking opioids is still the best way to treat...

Princess Health and Rogers joins bill to link up states' prescription drug monitoring systems.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Rogers joins bill to link up states' prescription drug monitoring systems.Princessiccia

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Though a state bill aimed at quashing "pill mills" by proactively tracking drug...

Princess Health and Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Legislation to fight pill mills will need to strike balance between law enforcement and medicine, panelists on TV show make clear.Princessiccia

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By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health NewsThe legislation meant to crack down on so-called...