Tim Robinson: Mental health and addiction providers are facing new challenges amid global pandemic
When grave new challenges emerge, it would be nice if existing ones would subside. Sadly, that is just not how…
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Groups opposed to medical marijuana gather at Capitol; Moser offers alternative for more research
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Representatives from Kentucky public health, law enforcement, and other groups gathered at the State Capitol…
Hospital coalition, including St. Elizabeth, and state cabinet launch statewide assault on opioid epidemic
The National Institute on Drug Abuse ranks Kentucky among the top 10 states with the highest opioid-related overdose deaths, and…
UK gets historic 4-year $87m grant to lead HEALing Communities opioid project; includes NKY counties
By Kristi Willett University of Kentucky In the largest grant ever awarded to the University of Kentucky, researchers from UK’s Center…
Rural Blog: Rise in rural opiate addiction leading to increase in babies born addicted to drugs
The number of babies born suffering from opioid withdrawal, or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), has increased from 1.2 per every…
UK pharmacy professor and colleagues receive $6m grant to develop treatment for cocaine abuse
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Professor Chang-Guo Zhan, along with fellow UK Professors Fang Zheng and Sharon Walsh, and…
Over-prescription of pain killers is solvable, but solutions aren’t ‘sexy,’ chronic pain is rampant
By Melissa Patrick Special to KyForward The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow, told a…