KY To Join Drug Initiative

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that one person dies every 19 minutes in the United States from an overdose, and in Kentucky, more than 1,000 people die each year from prescription drug overdoses. Kentucky will join Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon and Virginia in an initiative to combat prescription drug abuse. Meanwhile, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has joined another national campaign aimed at preventing prescription abuse among teenagers. Conway says the goal is to prevent a half million teens from abusing prescription drugs within five years.