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Tag: opioid overdose

a woman holds a photo of a young man holding dog in the snow. He's her son, who died of an overdose.
Posted inSubstance Use

Bill looks to make it easier to call for help when there’s an overdose

by Rose Hoban April 10, 2023April 17, 2023

By Rose Hoban At least 4,243 people in North Carolina died from overdoses in 2022. Mary O’Donnell knows the pain of having a loved one die in such a situation. She’s been fighting for years to get overdose numbers down. In 2017, O’Donnell’s 17-year-old son, Sean, had been drinking with some friends at a quarry […]

A grab bag with cottons, cookers, alcohol wipes, syringes and a list of treatment resources put together by North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition.
Posted inFeatured, Mental Health, Substance Use

Delays of opioid settlement funds strain nonprofits offering substance use treatment, housing

by Taylor Knopf February 16, 2023July 26, 2023
Boxes of Narcan are visible
Posted inSubstance Use

Twelve NC counties expand harm reduction services

by Rachel Crumpler February 9, 2023February 8, 2023
A wrapped strip of suboxone is on a counter.
Posted inFeatured, Substance Use

Policy change removes one barrier to prescribing buprenorphine

by Rachel Crumpler February 2, 2023July 26, 2023
A black vending machine full of free naloxone kits in a white box
Posted inPrison Health

Vending machines dispensing free, life-saving medication

by Rachel Crumpler November 9, 2022July 26, 2023
bearded man with glasses stands with a plain pine coffin that he built at the Death Expo in Elon
Posted inFeatured

Death expo lifts the veil on myths and mystery of life’s final event.

by Rose Hoban October 24, 2022October 24, 2022

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