Drug overdoses help send more Kentuckians to an early grave, new report says
BY BILL ESTEP, [email protected] – The premature death rate improved in 12 Kentucky counties between 1997 and 2014 but got worse in 44 counties, in part because of increasing drug overdoses, according to a report released Wednesday. Abuse of prescription drugs such as OxyContin helped drive up the rate of overdose deaths in the state by 296…