Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Kentucky's taste for pills staggering

More than half of Kentucky’s residents were prescribed a painkiller last year, and a third know someone with problems because of prescription drug abuse, a new Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows. The state ranked sixth in the nation for prescription drug overdose deaths in 2011, a 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said.

For the full story, visit the Kentucky Enquirer online.