Drug overdose deaths

Gov. Matt Bevin today joined Aetna officials and Northern Kentucky officials at the Boone County Sherriff’s Training Center to announce a partnership that…

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell says he’s looking forward to working with the nation’s new drug czar to combat narcotics abuse in Kentucky.On Monday (Feb.…

Needle exchange programs were first created 30 years ago, in response to the AIDS epidemic. Infected needles were often passed from drug abuser to drug…

Heroin abuse, according to an eastern Kentucky prosecutor, is growing more evident in Appalachia. Given the Commonwealth’s crackdown on prescription drug…

Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky declined in 2012 compared to the previous year but the state’s drug czar says deaths connected to the use of heroin…