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Chances are you or someone close to you has been directly impacted by the opioid epidemic, which continues to afflict Kentucky. In 2021, overdose deaths in Kentucky reached an all-time high of 2,250, with 90% involving an opioid. Because bystanders are present in more than a third of opioid overdoses, hundreds of these deaths could have been prevented with naloxone, a lifesaving medication that is accessible, safe and easy to administer. Trish Freeman, a professor in the UK College of Pharmacy, talks with Greg about this potentially game-changing development in the fight against opioid addiction and overdose deaths.
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Independent producer Nadia Ramlagan is on a mission to collect and tell stories from those caught up in the opioid epidemic. The Maryland native recently…
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Gov. Matt Bevin says first responders in parts of Kentucky are receiving doses of Narcan to help fight drug overdoses.Bevin, executives from Aetna and…
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Supermarket chain Kroger is taking the lead in supplying anti-opioid overdose drug to customers without a prescription, but purchasing the drug won’t be…
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A team of University of Kentucky professors has been awarded $6 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to investigate treatments for cocaine…
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With 2015’s heroin bill granting pharmacists greater leeway in dispensing the anti-overdose drug naloxone, the challenge now shifts to the education…