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Tag: needle exchange

Posted inSubstance Use

Three quarters of NC overdose deaths involve multiple drugs

by Taylor Knopf June 17, 2021June 17, 2021

By Taylor Knopf In recent years, the street drug market has become increasingly polluted by additives. Number one among those is fentanyl, which is commonly added to heroin and now being added into other substances. Fentanyl and its close relative, carfentanil, are synthetic opioids considered to be 100 to 10,000 times stronger than morphine. They […]

Shows a grey shirt with the words: Harm Reduction Everywhere printed in red. The organizations logo of two syringes crossed is is on the sleeve
Posted inSubstance Use

Behind needle exchange bill, a spat between Asheville site and its new neighbors

by Taylor Knopf April 20, 2021May 5, 2021
man in mask opening door
Posted inSubstance Use

How addiction recovery specialists adapted during COVID-19 pandemic

by Taylor Knopf May 20, 2020January 29, 2021
A person in a sports cap holding a needle box to be packed away and delivered to needle exchange participants. Dunlap says they meth use never went away in Haywood County.
Posted inRural Health

Even as opioids ravage WNC, mountain folks say meth never went away

by Liora Engel-Smith December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Two glass vials that say "Naloxone HCL" and two wrapped syringes rest on a metal shelf at a needle exchange facility. In the background is a paper instructions on using the medication to reverse an opioid overdose
Posted inHealthcare Workers

NC needle exchange programs expand their reach despite the odds

by Liora Engel-Smith August 29, 2019April 20, 2021
shows a room full of people meeting from many churches listening to a speaker
Posted inSubstance Use

Houses of God, and harm reduction

by Emily Davis July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

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