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Read our articles published in partnership with The Charlotte Ledger

Tag: opioid epidemic

Boxes of Narcan are visible
Posted inSubstance Use

Twelve NC counties expand harm reduction services

by Rachel Crumpler February 9, 2023February 8, 2023

By Rachel Crumpler Just last month, Montgomery County Commissioner John Shaw said, the county experienced four opioid overdose deaths over the span of seven days. While state data show that there are almost 11 opioid deaths per day in North Carolina, four deaths in a week in the central Piedmont county of only 26,000 people […]

A wrapped strip of suboxone is on a counter.
Posted inSubstance Use

Policy change removes one barrier to prescribing buprenorphine

by Rachel Crumpler February 2, 2023February 1, 2023
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Posted inFeatured

What did you read on NC Health News in 2022?

by Rose Hoban, Will Atwater, Anne Blythe, Rachel Crumpler, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith and Taylor Knopf December 30, 2022January 4, 2023
Posted inRural Health

In rural America, deadly costs of opioids outweigh the dollars tagged to address them

by Kaiser Health News December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
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Posted inPrison Health

Vending machines dispensing free, life-saving medication

by Rachel Crumpler November 9, 2022November 15, 2022
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Posted inPrison Health

Sex offender registry makes reentry a balancing act of restrictions without resources

by Elizabeth Thompson April 13, 2022August 30, 2022

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