Anne Blythe

Dental procedures can be an introduction to opioids, addictive compounds that contribute to the rising number of drug overdose deaths in North Carolina and nationally.

Disability Rights North Carolina and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP have filed a joint lawsuit to help children of color with disabilities in the state’s foster care program get more community- and home-based treatment instead of being “warehoused” in locked psychiatric facilities that can be dangerous.