Kentucky could become the first state to tax opioid prescriptions

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT)

Lawmakers in Kentucky are weighing whether to impose a new tax on opioid prescriptions, the latest effort in a string of so-far failed attempts to pull new revenue from the painkillers that helped seed a nationwide addiction crisis. Continue reading article here…

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