-
The Muhlenberg County Health Department is providing free Naloxone kits and training for those wanting to learn how to help people who have overdosed on…
-
In a room at the Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg, Kentucky, about 20 people are learning how to use naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal…
-
-
The coordinator of a needle exchange program in Bowling Green is hoping other southern Kentucky counties will start similar efforts.The Barren River…
-
Kentucky is taking a new step to stop the recent increase of opioid overdose deaths.A new website allows a person to enter a city or ZIP code and quickly…
-
Twice a day, Angela and Nate Turner of Greenwood, Ind., put tiny strips that look like tinted tape under their tongues."They taste disgusting," Angela…
-
Kentucky is undergoing rapid changes in how it treats drug offenders.A growing number of communities are offering needle exchange programs for IV drug…
-
A Bowling Green-based health group is expanding the number of naloxone training programs in southern Kentucky.Naloxone is a medication that helps prevent…
-
A drug that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose will soon be available without a prescription in Kentucky.The state Board of Pharmacy’s emergency…