Newport’s board of commissioners authorizes needle exchange program to help battle heroin epidemic
By Don Owen NKyTribune reporter In an effort to help battle the increasing heroin epidemic that is plaguing many counties…
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Newport board of commissioners discuss syringe exchange program; residents also voice opinions
By Don Owen NKyTribune reporter During the past year, the heroin epidemic has dramatically increased in many counties around Kentucky….
Dr. Mark Schroer: Northern Kentucky Medical Society endorses syringe access exchange program
Responding to our region’s heroin epidemic takes a multi-disciplinary approach. We need to bring our health care system, judicial system,…
From the New York Times: Sam Quinones writes about ‘new kind of jails,’ and cites Kenton County
By Sam Quinones The New York Times Sunday Review/Opinion COVINGTON, KY. — Not long ago, I visited a Narcotics Anonymous…
Health Department schedules open house in Newport to discuss heroin epidemic, syringe exchange
The Northern Kentucky Health Department’s Campbell County Health Center will hold an open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on…
St. E.’s Garren Colvin to lead CBC educational forum discussion on heroin epidemic, new challenges
The heroin epidemic worsens with each passing month in Northern Kentucky with over 1,168 overdoses seen at St. Elizabeth’s Emergency…
Kentucky receives nearly $1m a year for next four years to combat prescription drug abuse, heroin
The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research…
Steve Frank: The heroin epidemic costs lives, robs us of a brighter future and needs your attention
The heroin and associated crime in Covington, Northern Kentucky, Greater Cincinnati, and indeed the whole Commonwealth has become completely intolerable….