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Kentucky moves to ban deadly kratom chemical, Gov. Beshear announces
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Kentucky moves to ban deadly kratom chemical, Gov. Beshear announces

  • Updated Nov 5, 2025

State moves to ban concentrated kratom chemical, aiming to keep Kentuckians safe from addictive drugs.

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4 men arrested after more than 40 pounds of meth and fentanyl were seized in Jeffersontown raid
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4 men arrested after more than 40 pounds of meth and fentanyl were seized in Jeffersontown raid

  • Updated Jun 17, 2024

"The quantity of pills seized in this operation has the potential to kill the population of Louisville several times over."

8-year-old in Madisonville died from fentanyl intoxication, not allergic reaction to strawberries
Crime Reports

8-year-old in Madisonville died from fentanyl intoxication, not allergic reaction to strawberries

  • Updated Apr 10, 2024

An eight-year-old boy in Madisonville died from fentanyl intoxication last month, after officials initially believed it to be from an allergic reaction to strawberries from a school fundraiser. 

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Kentucky mom raising awareness for Narcan use after daughter dies from fentanyl overdose
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Kentucky mom raising awareness for Narcan use after daughter dies from fentanyl overdose

  • Adi Schanie
  • Updated Dec 30, 2023

When Morgan Lewis was 23 years old, she experimented with cocaine at a friends house.

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Louisville groups ready to distribute fentanyl test strips after Kentucky legislature legalizes them
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Louisville groups ready to distribute fentanyl test strips after Kentucky legislature legalizes them

  • Dakota Sherek
  • Updated Apr 3, 2023

A majority of overdose deaths in Kentucky involve fentanyl, and data shows most people don't even know they're taking it.

Daniel Cameron joins coalition calling for fentanyl to be classified as 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'
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Daniel Cameron joins coalition calling for fentanyl to be classified as 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'

  • Updated Sep 23, 2022

Kentucky Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Daniel Cameron said in a news release Thursday that President Joe Biden should classify fentanyl as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction."

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After losing second son to fentanyl overdose, Louisville family speaks out
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After losing second son to fentanyl overdose, Louisville family speaks out

  • Scott Reynolds
  • Updated Sep 21, 2022

They wanted to tell their story to prevent others from dying from fentanyl poisoning.

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Louisville-area law enforcement agencies hold training seminar on opioid epidemic
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Louisville-area law enforcement agencies hold training seminar on opioid epidemic

  • Updated Aug 25, 2022

Federal, state and local authorities are going back to school to learn how to better combat the opioid epidemic.

LMPD seizes stash of fentanyl that could kill over 4 million people
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LMPD seizes stash of fentanyl that could kill over 4 million people

  • Updated May 18, 2022

According to the DEA, one kilogram of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people.

Deadly fentanyl overdoses increase by 1,000 percent, according to CDC report
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Deadly fentanyl overdoses increase by 1,000 percent, according to CDC report

  • Fallon Glick
  • Updated Mar 25, 2019

The number of deaths began to double every year after 2013. 

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