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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, 2022September 17, 2022
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 inSubstance Use

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

by Taylor Knopf July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
Boxes of Naloxone injections
Posted inRural Health

Gaps in NC addiction treatment disproportionately hit rural residents of color

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
Two men, one in a suit and one in a white shirt with a black tie stand next to each other. The man of the right is holding an award.
Posted inPrison Health

Increasing MAT use in carceral facilities could save lives, but faces barriers

by Elizabeth Thompson December 21, 2021August 31, 2022
A woman with brown hair and a blue mask is seated on a couch with giraffes on it. Next to her is a blonde woman with a blue mask. There is a large giraffe stuffed animal on the floor next to them.
Posted inSubstance Use

Supporting mothers through addiction as two public health crises converge

by Elizabeth Thompson October 15, 2021August 31, 2022

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