Six Million Dollar Settlement Announced
The office of Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says $6 million has been recovered from Merck and Company in a lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical companies. Its the latest in a series of...
View ArticleIn Tennessee, a Mixed Bag When it Comes to Crime Rates
Drug crimes in Tennessee have risen to their second-highest number in eleven years. That comes despite the fact that overall crime rates in the Volunteer State are dropping. On the one hand, Tennessee...
View ArticleMcConnell Wants More Resources to Fight Drugs in Hardin County
Kentucky U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell is urging White House Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske to include Hardin County in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. That would mean more federal...
View ArticleBeshear Signs Regulation Banning New Forms of Synthetic Pot
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has stepped up the fight against synthetic drugs by signing emergency regulations banning newly identified forms of synthetic marijuana.Beshear's action Tuesday is the first...
View ArticleDrug Task Force Close to Expanding
A drug task force in south-central Kentucky is on the verge of expanding into a third county.The Bowling Green daily News reports the Barren-Edmonson County Drug Task Force is poised to add Allen...
View ArticleDrug Overdose Deaths Drop in Kentucky, but Deaths from Heroin Skyrocket
A report released Friday shows that overdose deaths in Kentucky declined in 2012—the first time there has been such a drop in a decade.But the report issued by the Office of Drug Control Policy also...
View ArticleJudge Asked to Move Oxycontin Case Away from Eastern Kentucky Town
A judge is considering whether a civil trial involving the maker of OxyContin should be moved away from Pikeville.The lawsuit filed by Kentucky Attorney General against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma...
View ArticleProsecutors in Kentucky Concerned About Changes to Criminal Code
While lawmakers this week celebrated reforms to Kentucky’s criminal justice system, prosecutors warn it’s no time for a party. Proponents say the reforms successfully cut corrections costs and enhanced...
View Article"Operation Black Friday" to Be Largest One-Day Drug Crackdown in Kentucky...
Update 5:28 p.m.Officials with the Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force say they made 14 arrests Friday of the 23 offenders they were looking for in Warren and Simpson Counties. Director...
View ArticleKSP's "Operation Black Friday" Falls Short of Arrest Goal
A Kentucky State Police operation to apprehend a record number of drug traffickers has fallen short of its goal.The KSP launched Operation Black Friday on Nov. 1, and since then they have arrested 339...
View ArticleClark: Proposed Law Aimed at Heroin Won't Work
A Kentucky lawmaker is taking issue with proposed legislation aimed at tackling the state’s growing heroin problem.Legislation from Republican Sen. Katie Stine would raise penalties for heroin...
View ArticleDrug Settlement Money to Fund Addiction Treatment
A multi-million dollar settlement between Kentucky and two pharmaceutical companies will fund a variety of drug treatment efforts.Attorney General Jack Conway’s office announced Monday that over $32...
View ArticleMcConnell Wants More Resources to Fight Drugs in Hardin County
Kentucky U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell is urging White House Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske to include Hardin County in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. That would mean more federal...
View ArticleBeshear Signs Regulation Banning New Forms of Synthetic Pot
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has stepped up the fight against synthetic drugs by signing emergency regulations banning newly identified forms of synthetic marijuana.Beshear's action Tuesday is the first...
View ArticleDrug Task Force Close to Expanding
A drug task force in south-central Kentucky is on the verge of expanding into a third county.The Bowling Green daily News reports the Barren-Edmonson County Drug Task Force is poised to add Allen...
View ArticleDrug Overdose Deaths Drop in Kentucky, but Deaths from Heroin Skyrocket
A report released Friday shows that overdose deaths in Kentucky declined in 2012—the first time there has been such a drop in a decade.But the report issued by the Office of Drug Control Policy also...
View ArticleJudge Asked to Move Oxycontin Case Away from Eastern Kentucky Town
A judge is considering whether a civil trial involving the maker of OxyContin should be moved away from Pikeville.The lawsuit filed by Kentucky Attorney General against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma...
View ArticleKentucky Sees Rapid Rise in Number of Babies Born Addicted to Drugs
The number of drug-addicted babies in Kentucky who are hospitalized has increased significantly in a little more than a decade.The Courier-Journal cited a recent report from the Kentucky Injury...
View ArticleTennessee Bill Could Send Addicted Moms To Jail
Pregnant women addicted to illegal narcotics or prescription pain pills could soon be jailed in Tennessee under a bill awaiting the governor's signature.
View ArticleDrug Task Force Close to Expanding
A drug task force in south-central Kentucky is on the verge of expanding into a third county.The Bowling Green daily News reports the Barren-Edmonson County Drug Task Force is poised to add Allen...
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