Kentucky's buprenorphine regulation (201 KAR 9:270) is outdated and harmful to those struggling with opioid addiction. Buprenorphine is a life-saving medication for opioid addiction, but Kentucky ...

Emergency room clinicians are less likely to refer Black opioid overdose patients for outpatient treatment compared with ...

Addiction is not a moral failing. It's a medical disease, and those in recovery who need medication like buprenorphine should ...

I was heartened to read recently that Kentucky has surpassed the $1 billion mark in total opioid settlement funds secured to ...

OpEd: Congress considers the next federal budget, critical programs helping to save lives and rebuild communities could be left behind — leaving states like Kentucky to face this crisis without the ...

FLORENCE, Ky. — $5 million in grant money is going to support research and new ways to fight the state of opioid addiction in Kentucky. This funding is meant to go towards for profit and non ...

By Brett Peveto Public News Service June is National Safety Month and experts are highlighting medication safety for Kentucky ...

Charlie Health reports that nearly 10% of Americans have a drug use disorder, with many not receiving necessary treatment ...

The session emphasized different strategies to initiate buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, and phenobarbital ...

A judge could decide Friday whether to advance OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids.

Across our Commonwealth, the opioid crisis has wrought devastation on individuals, families and communities.