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A series of doors in the housing unit inside the Buncombe County Detention Facility
Posted inPrison Health

Opioid use disorder treatment in jails making strides in North Carolina

by Rachel Crumpler September 27, 2022September 28, 2022

By Rachel Crumpler Elijah Bazemore believes there needs to be a paradigm shift in the way detention facilities — jails and prisons — are managed. “What we’re doing is putting a person back into the community the same way they came in — broken and torn up,” said Bazemore, who recently retired as a major […]

image shows the corner of a building behind a fence with loops of barbed wire on top
Posted inPrison Health

Momentum building for MAT in jails across N.C.

by Rachel Crumpler September 15, 2022July 26, 2023
photo shows an ornate room with the state seal of North Carolina above the dias at the front, and seats where state senators sit in a semi-circular arrangement.
Posted inFeatured, Mental Health, Public Health, State Health Policy, Substance Use

Tweaks in state opioid funding could mean big changes for people with addiction

by Taylor Knopf July 7, 2022July 27, 2023
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Posted inRural Health

Gaps in NC addiction treatment disproportionately hit rural residents of color

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
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Posted inFeatured, State Health Policy, Substance Use

Strings attached to new state funds for addiction treatment in jails

by Taylor Knopf May 10, 2022July 27, 2023
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Posted inFeatured, Mental Health, Public Health, State Health Policy, Substance Use

Tension builds around best ways to spend NC’s opioid settlement money

by Taylor Knopf April 7, 2022July 27, 2023

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