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An estimated $26 billion-dollars could soon be coming to counties all across the country from a financial settlement involving opioid manufacturers. BPR…
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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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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…
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President Trump this week renewed his pledge to battle the country’s opioid epidemic. Trump spoke at a national drug abuse conference in Atlanta. Here in…
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As the opioid epidemic deepens, the need for foster parents has exploded in Western North Carolina. That was one of the findings of a series of stories…
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Buncombe County commissioners have been holding town hall meetings in recent months regarding opioids. Those gatherings have touched on several topics,…
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Buncombe County is suing five manufacturers and three wholesale distributors of opioids, as the number of overdoses in the county on those drugs has…
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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…