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- Ky. Gets $3 Million Grant To Expand Substance Abuse Treatment For Pregnant Women After Big Jump In Drug-dependent Newborns
Kentucky will receive up to $3 million in federal grants over three years to provide expanded substance abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women in the Bluegrass and Cumberland regions of the state, according to a news release from the governor's...
- Conway Funnels $1.5 Million In Drug-company Settlements To Develop Prevention And Treatment Plan For Kids' Substance Abuse
With two lawsuit settlements from drug makers, Attorney General Jack Conway is giving the University of Kentucky $1.5 million over two years to develop a comprehensive plan for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse by adolescents. ?Adolescent...
- Prescription Drugs Killing More Women Than Ever; Kentucky Ties For Fifth For Its High Percentage Of Deaths
The ongoing national epidemic of addiction to prescription painkillers is spreading more quickly among women, and it is killing more women than ever before. Kentucky ties Utah for the fifth highest percentage of female deaths due to prescription-drug...
- In Starting Its Sixth Package In Series On Prescription Drug Abuse, The Courier-journal Shows Treatment Programs Fall Short Of Need
Brittany Crouch suffers through withdrawal in Frenchburg before leaving for treatment in Lexington, as daughter Kaylee Adams, 3, cries. (C-J photo by Alton Strupp)"In a state plagued by one of the worst prescription-drug abuse problems in the nation ....
- Directory Listing 2,500 Substance-abuse Treatment Resources In Kentucky Released; Every County Has At Least One Facility
There are 2,500 resources for substance abuse treatment in Kentucky, with at least one in each county, research at the University of Kentucky has found. "In addition to the 345 state-certified substance abuse treatment providers listed in the directory,...
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Oregon may show the way for Kentucky in drug treatment
In facing up to its need for more drug-treatment facilities, Kentucky could learn some lessons from Oregon, Courier-Journal reporter Laura Ungar writes in the third and last part of her package of stories about drug treatment, or lack of it, in our state: "Oregon, like Kentucky, is a largely rural state with about 4 million people ? and a substantial prescription-drug abuse problem. But Oregon has acted more quickly and aggressively to tackle treatment." She cites examples:
? Oregon is spending about $51 million annually on substance abuse treatment, $11 million more than six years ago. "Kentucky?s Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities spends $29 million a year , and hasn?t increased that amount in more than a decade."
? Medicaid, the federally subsidized health-insurance program for the poor and disabled, covers substance abuse treatment in Oregon, "while Kentucky, with a few exceptions, does not."
? Oregon admits more than twice as many addicts for treatment, and "Oregonians are much more likely to receive intensive treatment: "10 percent of treatment admissions were to long-term, residential facilities, compared with 1.1 percent in Kentucky."
? Kentucky had a much higher rate of deaths from drug overdoses in 2008, the most recent year available ? 17.9 per 100,000 compared with 11.7. "Health experts say effective treatment leads to fewer overdoses." (Read more)
? Oregon is spending about $51 million annually on substance abuse treatment, $11 million more than six years ago. "Kentucky?s Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities spends $29 million a year , and hasn?t increased that amount in more than a decade."
? Medicaid, the federally subsidized health-insurance program for the poor and disabled, covers substance abuse treatment in Oregon, "while Kentucky, with a few exceptions, does not."
? Oregon admits more than twice as many addicts for treatment, and "Oregonians are much more likely to receive intensive treatment: "10 percent of treatment admissions were to long-term, residential facilities, compared with 1.1 percent in Kentucky."
? Kentucky had a much higher rate of deaths from drug overdoses in 2008, the most recent year available ? 17.9 per 100,000 compared with 11.7. "Health experts say effective treatment leads to fewer overdoses." (Read more)
- Ky. Gets $3 Million Grant To Expand Substance Abuse Treatment For Pregnant Women After Big Jump In Drug-dependent Newborns
Kentucky will receive up to $3 million in federal grants over three years to provide expanded substance abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women in the Bluegrass and Cumberland regions of the state, according to a news release from the governor's...
- Conway Funnels $1.5 Million In Drug-company Settlements To Develop Prevention And Treatment Plan For Kids' Substance Abuse
With two lawsuit settlements from drug makers, Attorney General Jack Conway is giving the University of Kentucky $1.5 million over two years to develop a comprehensive plan for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse by adolescents. ?Adolescent...
- Prescription Drugs Killing More Women Than Ever; Kentucky Ties For Fifth For Its High Percentage Of Deaths
The ongoing national epidemic of addiction to prescription painkillers is spreading more quickly among women, and it is killing more women than ever before. Kentucky ties Utah for the fifth highest percentage of female deaths due to prescription-drug...
- In Starting Its Sixth Package In Series On Prescription Drug Abuse, The Courier-journal Shows Treatment Programs Fall Short Of Need
Brittany Crouch suffers through withdrawal in Frenchburg before leaving for treatment in Lexington, as daughter Kaylee Adams, 3, cries. (C-J photo by Alton Strupp)"In a state plagued by one of the worst prescription-drug abuse problems in the nation ....
- Directory Listing 2,500 Substance-abuse Treatment Resources In Kentucky Released; Every County Has At Least One Facility
There are 2,500 resources for substance abuse treatment in Kentucky, with at least one in each county, research at the University of Kentucky has found. "In addition to the 345 state-certified substance abuse treatment providers listed in the directory,...