By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter It was a win – for Kentucky. And a big one. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth, R-Ky., Russell Coleman called it an “Historic Opioid Settlement Announcement.” ...

The suit alleged Kroger bought more than four billion morphine milligram equivalents of opioids for Kentucky between 2006 and 2019, roughly equivalent to 444 million opioid doses. The company ...

Authorities in Shelby CoounThe Shelby County Sheriff's Office saidAuthorities are raising alarms over the emergence of "pink ...

The United States has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths out of 30 countries, according to a new report from the health ...

Kentucky has reached a settlement with Kroger that will bring over $100 million to the commonwealth in support of efforts to ...

Calls for using shame and other forms of stigma to address the opioid epidemic might seem like a good idea, but there's a ...

A new study questioned the clinical utility of an algorithm meant to predict opioid use disorder (OUD) risk based on 15 ...

Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs acetaminophen and ibuprofen are better at managing dental pain than opioids. People who had ...

Opioids are killing fewer people in Florida, according to a new state report. All drug-related deaths dipped by 5% in general. But opioid-related deaths dropped even further and fell 11% in 2023 ...

Kentucky's Attorney General is set to make a "major announcement" in the ongoing fight against the drug crisis in the Bluegrass State.

The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay Kentucky $110 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year alleging it pumped millions of ...

The act helps when it comes to treating people affected by substance use more humanely,” said South County Recovery Center ...