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Posted inPrescription Drugs

Counterfeit pills have become more prevalent in the street drug supply

by Taylor Knopf September 6, 2022February 5, 2023

By Taylor Knopf These days, if you buy a pill off the streets, it’s most likely a counterfeit.  Even if a pill says “Xanax” on it — unless acquired directly from a pharmacy — it’s likely something else. Drug analysts who examine counterfeit pills and toxicology screenings of overdose victims often find fentanyl or other […]

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 inRural Health

NC organizations fighting the rural opioid crisis receive a $4M federal boost

by Liora Engel-Smith August 14, 2020January 29, 2021
A county by county map of US colored to show opioid death risk, including access to medication-assisted treatment
Posted inSubstance Use

Forty-one N.C. counties classified as “high risk” in new opioid study

by Yen Duong July 23, 2019July 23, 2019
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Posted inSubstance Use

Stein Sues Purdue Pharma Over Deceptive Marketing of Opioids

by Taylor Knopf May 16, 2018May 15, 2018
woman stands at a podium speaking behind a microphone, he is looking directly at the camera in this photo
Posted inSubstance Use

AG Jeff Sessions Brings Back “Just say no” to Addiction Prevention

by Taylor Knopf April 18, 2018April 14, 2021
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Posted inAging

Opioid-related Crime Takes Toll on Older People Across NC

by Thomas Goldsmith March 5, 2018January 23, 2019

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