Drugmakers Work on Safer Painkillers as Opioid Abuse Epidemic Rages July 2, 2013 By Samuel Adams Backed by a U.S. campaign to slow abuse of prescription painkillers, drugmakers are devising new forms of the medicines that...
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp May 17, 2013 By Denise Johnson and Don Jergler Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular...
Kentucky AG Conway Touts Progress in Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse January 17, 2013 By Roger Alford Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from...
Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxycontin Makers Accountable January 15, 2013 By Brett Barrouquere Oxycontin has become so pervasive in eastern Kentucky the drug was dubbed “Heroin of the Hills.” Now, after years of...