Dionysus: Addiction takes center stage

Dionysus: Addiction takes center stage

Two free theatrical performances and town hall discussions on crucial issues related to substance abuse and addiction will be held on Thursday, May 3, in Manchester and Hazard. “The Dionysus Project: Addiction Takes Center Stage” is an innovative public health...

A&E interventionist featured at Rx Summit

Candy Finnigan, a nationally recognized addiction specialist featured on the acclaimed A&E series Intervention, will be a keynote presenter at the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit next month. Finnigan, one of five intervention specialists on the Emmy award-winning...
Forum focuses on addiction issues

Forum focuses on addiction issues

PRESTONSBURG – A free educational forum for medical professionals on addiction-related issues will be offered Saturday, Nov. 12, in Prestonsburg. Free Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners,...

Meth program to be unveiled at forum

LONDON – A community forum to raise awareness about methamphetamine and its key ingredient, pseudoephedrine, will be conducted at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 13, at the London Community Center. This free program, hosted by Commonwealth Attorney Jackie Steele, will...

Whitley rallies against drugs

WILLIAMSBURG – U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) reflected on the high number of overdose deaths in the Fifth Congressional District and the increased amount of meth lab discoveries in and around the I-75 corridor to relay the urgency of support...