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Addiction clinic returning to Danville
scollins@amnews.comSelfRefind, an outpatient addiction recovery clinic, is moving its headquarters to Danville, a town its employees consider “home.” The clinic, which treats people with opiate addictions, opened in Danville six years ago. The company now has...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Hospitals and Clinics, Suboxone (drug), Corporate Officers, Behavioral Conditions
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Attorney General Conway takes anti-pain pill talk to George Rogers Clark
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway warned students at George Rogers Clark¿High School that they risk their lives and futures if they take medications not prescribed for them by a doctor. “We’ve lost an entire generation to prescription...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Heroin, Prescription Drugs, Behavioral Conditions
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TURN THE PAGE: 'Jennie' makes point about loneliness
smojica@amnews.com“I Am Jennie.” By Jennie Ketcham, July 2012, Kindle edition, $11.99, 352 pages, Gallery Books. A major point made in “I Am Jennie” is that all too often women try to feed their inner loneliness with “love.”...Tags: Pornography, Drew Pinsky, Television Industry
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Doctor's suspension spurs review of OD cases
tkleffman@amnews.comManchester in Clay County is about 80 miles and 90 minutes from Danville. It would seem an unusual stretch of highway to travel to see a psychiatrist. Yet, Clay County Sheriff Kevin Johnson said “carloads” of residents there made that trip...Tags: Centex Corporation, Hospitals and Clinics, Suboxone (drug), Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Push for increased access to patient information unduly sacrifices privacy
Kentucky Medical AssociationAddiction to legal prescription drugs has become a major public health issue across the United States. This problem has been especially hard on Kentuckians, particularly those in the poorer parts of the state. This addiction is leading to increased...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Pain, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Proposed bills would regulate pain clinics
The Winchester SunState Rep. Donna Mayfield (R-Winchester) and state Sen. Minority Leader R.J. Palmer, (D-Winchester) have both introduced legislation to tighten controls on “pill mills” and reduce the illegal purchase of prescription drugs in the state. House...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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TGIF: Concert takes a Christian stance on fighting drug use
The goal of the Clark Christian Drug Coalition is to bring community members together in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking.
“I think so many times, communities shut their eyes to the problem. It’s a serious problem,” said CCDC...Tags: Facebook, Arts and Culture, Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Fine Arts
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Letters to the editor: Sept. 30, 2011
Local drug problem is an epidemic
Dear Editor,
For many years, there has been a bad drug problem in Clark County. It seems nothing is being done about it. I would like to know why.
It’s killing our kids every day. Florida and Indiana are...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse
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Road to Recovery
STANFORD — The Messiah Anglican Church of God has launched a Christian-based recovery program that will meet at the Ephraim McDowell-Fort Logan Hospital’s Lincoln Conference Room at 110 Metker Trail. The new program will be from 7 to 9 p.m....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Kentucky, Christianity, Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Addiction treatment center opens in Winchester
When Greg Troutt left jail after serving time for several misdemeanors stemming from a drug addiction, he had 60 bucks in his pocket and a bus ticket — and a calling — to Texas, where he had been based at Fort Hood.
Troutt, who was born and...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Alcohol Addiction, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Texas
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Christian youth come together to pray about addiction, other issues
The Winchester SunJesus commanded his disciples to go into all the world to preach the good news of his kingdom, Theo Macmillan told a group of youths who joined hands Saturday afternoon at College Park to pray for their community. “The world starts right outside...Tags: Human Interest, Drugs and Medicines, Kentucky, Cocaine, Health
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Community calendar: March 28, 2011
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— Free AARP tax preparation, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Central Baptist Church Annex, 101 W. Lexington Ave. Service is available to anyone, but the focus is low-income and elderly.
— The George Rogers Clark High School-based Decision-making...Tags: Baptist, Drugs and Medicines, Libraries, Alcohol Addiction, Republican Party
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