Opioid Epidemic

An estimated $26 billion-dollars could soon be coming to counties all across the country from a financial settlement involving opioid manufacturers. BPR…

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…

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein this week joined three other state attorneys general incalling for a single $48 billion dollar settlement with…

Prescription opioid abuse has been in the national spotlight this summer as new data about the numbers of prescriptions per county has been released.…

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…

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…

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…

Buncombe County commissioners have been holding town hall meetings in recent months regarding opioids. Those gatherings have touched on several topics,…

Buncombe County is suing five manufacturers and three wholesale distributors of opioids, as the number of overdoses in the county on those drugs has…

The opioid epidemic is unavoidable – even on Halloween in Western North Carolina. BPR’s Davin Eldridge reports on a 'spooky' holiday decoration that some…