opioids

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...

(CORRECTION - This story has been updated to reflect other WNC legislators who sponsored medicinal marijuana legislation) Opioid abuse claims almost four…

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…

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,...

Saturday October 28 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, says…

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...

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…

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…

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…