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Law enforcement officers in Kansas and across the country will be collecting unused, expired and leftover medications on Saturday.It’s an initiative…
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The Kansas House has given first-round approval to a bill lowering penalties for possession of drug paraphernalia.Republican Rep. Blaine Finch says…
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A recent increase in heroin-related deaths prompted Sedgwick County officials on Thursday to warn residents about the dangers of some of the drugs they’re…
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On his last full day in office, President Barack Obama granted clemency to 330 drug offenders. That brings the total number of prisoners whose sentences…
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A local non-profit coalition hoping to curtail prescription and illicit drug and alcohol abuse came together Tuesday to spread the word about prevention…
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A doctor handed Melissa Morris her first opioid prescription when she was 20 years old.She had a cesarean section to deliver her daughter, and to relieve…
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A huge majority of Kansans say that the penalties for most nonviolent drug possession crimes should be reduced.The ACLU poll shows that 86 percent of…
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is warning Kansans of a growing threat from a synthetic opioid that may have caused a number of overdose deaths in the…
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A bill that opponents say infringes on patient and doctor relationships will be heard in the Kansas Senate.The practice is called step therapy, which…
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The Kansas Board of Pharmacy wants an ingredient used in prescription cough syrup to be tracked by the state because it’s being abused.Debra Billingsley…