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Over the next four decades, nearly $1.3 billion of opioid settlement funds will flow through local governments in North Carolina where county officials will decide how to best spend their part of the pie.
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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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Governor Roy Cooper is taking a leadership role in North Carolina - and in the country – in addressing the opioid crisis. He was one of six members of...
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(CORRECTION - This story has been updated to reflect other WNC legislators who sponsored medicinal marijuana legislation) Opioid abuse claims almost four…
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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…
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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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At WakeMed Health and Hospitals, the emergency department stays busy around the clock. More than ever, it's not just chest pain or trouble breathing...
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The opioid crisis is affecting all of the U.S., and Western North Carolina in particular. And it is showing no signs of slowing down in the region's most…