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- As Heroin Use Increases In Kentucky, New Report Shows Its Strong Connections To Abusers Of Prescription Pain Medicines
Kentucky's law-enforcement agences, policymakers and public-health advocates have taken serious measures to curb the state's rampant prescription drug abuse problem, and recent state and national news stories suggest that the reduced supply of...
- Pike County Settles Its Part Of Oxycontin Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma For $4 Million; State Remains A Plaintiff
Officials of Pike County, Kentucky, announced this week that Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, will pay $4 million to settle the county's part of a lawsuit the county and state filed in 2007 seeking damages for the addiction OxyContin caused...
- Cheaper Heroin Showing Up In Eastern Kentucky As Crackdown On Pain Pills Makes That Trade Less Attractive
About 60 grams of heroin, worth about $8,000. (AP photo)It was only few months ago that Northern Kentucky law enforcement officers and substance abuse clinics began expressing grave concern that heroin was fast becoming the go-to drug in their region....
- N. Ky. Chamber To Ask State For More Funding To Fight Heroin; London Police Make First Known Heroin Trafficking Arrests There
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is planning to lobby the state for more funding for heroin treatment after receiving reports from business and law enforcement about the breadth and depth of the drug problem in the region. Terry DeMio of...
- Pikeville Newspaper Spotlights Local Doctors And Pharmacists Charged In Prescription Pain-pill Epidemic, Forecasts More Action
The Appalachian News-Express, the thrice-weekly newspaper in Pikeville, has turned the spotlight on Pike County physicians and pharmacists who are aiding and abetting the abuse of prescription painkillers. We have to wonder if more reporting like this...
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1/4 of those in Pike drug roundup are charged with trafficking in heroin, a substitute for illicitly obtained prescription painkillers
The spread of heroin, at least partly as a substitute for prescription painkillers that have become more difficult to obtain because of stricter state laws, was apparent in a drug roundup by law-enforcement agencies in Pike County on Friday.
"A quarter of those sought were charged with trafficking in heroin," Russ Cassady reports for the Appalachian News-Express in Pikeville. "According to a statement from Operation UNITE, which led Friday?s operation, heroin is becoming a 'trendy drug' among Pike County dealers." (Read more, subscription required)
"A quarter of those sought were charged with trafficking in heroin," Russ Cassady reports for the Appalachian News-Express in Pikeville. "According to a statement from Operation UNITE, which led Friday?s operation, heroin is becoming a 'trendy drug' among Pike County dealers." (Read more, subscription required)
- As Heroin Use Increases In Kentucky, New Report Shows Its Strong Connections To Abusers Of Prescription Pain Medicines
Kentucky's law-enforcement agences, policymakers and public-health advocates have taken serious measures to curb the state's rampant prescription drug abuse problem, and recent state and national news stories suggest that the reduced supply of...
- Pike County Settles Its Part Of Oxycontin Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma For $4 Million; State Remains A Plaintiff
Officials of Pike County, Kentucky, announced this week that Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, will pay $4 million to settle the county's part of a lawsuit the county and state filed in 2007 seeking damages for the addiction OxyContin caused...
- Cheaper Heroin Showing Up In Eastern Kentucky As Crackdown On Pain Pills Makes That Trade Less Attractive
About 60 grams of heroin, worth about $8,000. (AP photo)It was only few months ago that Northern Kentucky law enforcement officers and substance abuse clinics began expressing grave concern that heroin was fast becoming the go-to drug in their region....
- N. Ky. Chamber To Ask State For More Funding To Fight Heroin; London Police Make First Known Heroin Trafficking Arrests There
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is planning to lobby the state for more funding for heroin treatment after receiving reports from business and law enforcement about the breadth and depth of the drug problem in the region. Terry DeMio of...
- Pikeville Newspaper Spotlights Local Doctors And Pharmacists Charged In Prescription Pain-pill Epidemic, Forecasts More Action
The Appalachian News-Express, the thrice-weekly newspaper in Pikeville, has turned the spotlight on Pike County physicians and pharmacists who are aiding and abetting the abuse of prescription painkillers. We have to wonder if more reporting like this...