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Joel Rosario is one of the best jockeys in the country, but he did not deliver one of his best rides as Orb was beaten in the Preakness. Opening week college football point spreads are out.More >>
Joel Rosario is one of the best jockeys in the country, but he did not deliver one of his best rides as Orb was beaten in the Preakness. Opening week college football point spreads are out.More >>
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- It's a problem that Louisville doctors say is likely to get worse before it gets better. An alarming number of babies are born addicted to prescription drugs. The epidemic hasMore >>
An alarming number of babies born in Kentucky are addicted to prescription drugs. A conference called by the KY Dept. of Health aims at developing a statewide protocol on how to treat Kentucky's youngest victims.More >>
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Indiana coach Tom Crean said it was unlikely that IU and Louisville would play a basketball game next season. Plenty of numbers to digest from U of L, UK and IU guys at the NBA Draft combine.More >>
Indiana coach Tom Crean said it was unlikely that IU and Louisville would play a basketball game next season. Plenty of numbers to digest from U of L, UK and IU guys at the NBA Draft combine.More >>
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky officials say the uphill struggle to curtail prescription-pill abuse will suffer a setback if a wave of generic painkillers reaches the market without safeguards that make them harder to crush for a quick high.
Patents for OxyContin and Opana ER are set to expire next year, allowing generic versions of those powerful medications to reach pharmacies. Those brand-name drugs were popular sources for abusers to satisfy their fixes until tamper-resistant formulations were added.
The fear now is that those cheaper generic versions won't feature some form of abuse deterrence. Without that, they could quickly become the drugs of choice for abusers in a state where more people die from drug overdoses than car wrecks.
U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers says that puts the state close "to another potential pain pill cliff."
