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Southwestern Commission launched a new website with data about effects of opioids in each county in the region. This is the next step in the regional planning for opioid settlement funds.
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In June, a settlement agreement required companies like Teva, Walmart and CVS to pay out more than $17 billion for their role in the crisis. That funding will almost double the amount already promised to counties from an earlier settlement with Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen. This second wave of settlements provides North Carolina with an additional $521 million over 15 years.
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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.
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The 2018 murder conviction of a Haywood County man charged with selling narcotics linked to a deadly overdose has caught the attention of public health…
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Last week, three of the country’s major pharmaceutical distributors reached a $26-billion settlement with several states over opioids. North Carolina was…
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Yesterday, we heard about a lack of homeless shelters between Waynesville and Murphy. Today, we look at a similar gap in substance abuse treatment centers…
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein this week joined three other state attorneys general incalling for a single $48 billion dollar settlement with…
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While policymakers are working to change the laws around opioid prescriptions, local communities are working to educate parents about how to talk to their…
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Prescription opioid abuse has been in the national spotlight this summer as new data about the numbers of prescriptions per county has been released.…
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For the first time ever, North Carolina’s seven westernmost counties met to discuss how to solve the opioid crisis. BPR was at the summit in Bryson…