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The opioid epidemic is unavoidable – even on Halloween in Western North Carolina. BPR’s Davin Eldridge reports on a 'spooky' holiday decoration that some…
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Starting today, the North Carolina Medicaid program will pay for medicines to treat hepatitis C for patients no matter how sick they are. In the past,...
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Saturday October 28 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, says…
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A needle exchange program in Asheville has been running out of supplies on a monthly basis for over a year. That's according to Michael Harney, co-founder…
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The opioid crisis is taking an acute toll and nowhere is immune, including here in North Carolina. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein says four…
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New cases of hepatitis B and C have risen significantly in North Carolina in recent years. In response, state health officials are warning those at a...
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In the midst of a national opioid addiction crisis, doctors in North Carolina are prescribing more and more painkillers. Western North Carolina is no…
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Opioid abuse is on the rise throughout the nation, and North Carolina is no exception. But with its rise in use among addicts, it’s also put a greater…
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a bill into law Monday to address one aspect of the opioid epidemic. The bipartisan legislation makes an overdose reversal...
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In light of the recent killing of a black man by a white officer in Asheville, as well as separate tragedies involving police in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis,…