Kentucky's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the Kroger Company, alleging it contributed to the opioid crisis in the state. The lawsuit claims Kroger "flooded" Kentucky with opioid pills ...

Walgreens played a dual role in exacerbating Kentucky’s opioid epidemic as a distributor and pharmacy, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear claimed in a June 14 lawsuit against the retail giant.

Kentucky’s attorney general on Monday filed a lawsuit against Cardinal Health, alleging the company engaged in deceptive business practices to promote the widespread distribution of opioids. The suit ...

Tara Hyde, CEO of the Kentucky-based nonprofit People Advocating Recovery, says she has been in recovery for more than a decade from an addiction that began with prescription painkillers. Today she ...

Kentucky's buprenorphine regulation (201 KAR 9:270) is outdated and harmful to those struggling with opioid addiction.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's ...

FRANKFORT, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A pair of nonprofits are partnering to save lives from the overdose epidemic in Kentucky by expanding access to free naloxone. Operation UNITE received a $1 million ...

Harlan County, Kentucky, had a drug overdose rate two times the national average. Through funding and community programs, those rates are declining.

A Kentucky lawmaker wants to revisit a previously abandoned idea for the state to fund research of an illegal psychedelic drug for its potential to treat drug addiction. Calling addiction a “scourge” ...

UnitedHealth Group’s multibillion-dollar pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, is suing five Kentucky counties in an attempt to force them out of national opioid litigation against the company. Pharmacy ...