WDRB Fox 41 Reports on the Drug Czar’s Visit to Kentucky (Feb. 22, 2011)
WDRB Fox 41 reports on the drug czar’s visit to Kentucky (Feb. 22, 2011) – SENATOR McCONNELL’S COLUMN ON THE DRUG CZAR’S VISIT TO KENTUCKY February, 2011 The numbers are staggering: We’re losing 82 Kentuckians a month to drug overdose, from the cities to rural areas in Appalachia. Nearly one thousand of our fellow Kentuckians died from drug overdose in 2009, more than those killed in traffic crashes. Last year, law enforcement responded to 1100 meth lab sites across the state, up from 738 in 2009. And Kentucky ranks in the top three of marijuana-producing states. Too many of our children are experimenting with drugs. Kentucky ranked 8th in the nation for abuse of prescription pain reliever drugs among 12- to 17-year-olds, and in eastern Kentucky, the average age when a child first gets high on prescription pills is 11. Drug abuse persists as a serious problem in all 120 counties of the commonwealth. But the numbers alone can’t tell the whole story. Drug addiction fuels crime, particularly theft, as abusers steal to support their habit. Drugs not only hurt the people who abuse them; they rip families apart. Parents who are addicted will neglect their children because all they care about is getting high. And I’ve met too many families who have lost a child to drug abuse, and will never get to see their beloved son or daughter grow up. Fighting drug abuse takes a large bite out of government resources at the federal, state and local levels. And in this era of multi-trillion-dollar deficits, our government—at the local, state and federal levels—must …
Louisville based church involved in child sex abuse lawsuit
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Five people have joined a lawsuit in Maryland that claims a Kentucky-based evangelical church covered up allegations of sexual abuse against children and failed to alert police. The new anonymous plaintiffs join three women who …
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Work begins on Kentucky side of East End bridge
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Work begins on Kentucky side of East End bridge. Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:45 PM EST. Updated: … LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville mother has been charged with criminal abuse after police say she used a fork to burn her 12-year-old's …
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Louisville man accused of writing fraudulent insurance applications
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) — Fog may have slowed down the newly-minted No. 1 University of Louisville basketball team. But in the second half of a 73-58 Cardinal victory, Connecticut could not.The Cards cooledMore >>. Adversity and the new complication …
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Help floods 'homeless' man, subject of iconic photo
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Though the parents of two children — Nikita, 7, and Jeffrey Jr., 5, both born in Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield — the unmarried couple's relationship destructs under the grip of drug and alcohol addiction. The children are taken away from them to …
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