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As drug experts parse the data trying to understand the factors that could contribute to a sudden drop in overdose deaths, harm reductionists in western N.C. work to stave off a possible spike in overdoses after the destruction brought by Hurricane Helene.

Two NC doctors want to destigmatize PSUD (perinatal substance use disorder) and get pregnant people into treatment.

The veterinary tranquilizer is increasingly part of the street drug supply in N.C.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein says he wants additional staff for his office to combat fentanyl trafficking and to solve longstanding sexual assault crimes through creating special units within the state Department of Justice.

Family members of victims are trying to educate people about the deadly drug and get the opioid reversal drug naloxone in more schools.

Three UNC-Chapel Hill students have become unexpected distributors of the life-saving drug naloxone in a college town where several students have recently died from opioid poisonings.

Only the person who has overdosed and the person who calls for help are shielded from most prosecutions for substance possession. Sometimes even those people find themselves in legal jeopardy. A new bill would provide protection for everyone at a scene from arrest and from prosecution for nonviolent offenses.

An increase in drug overdose deaths is prompting new legislation to target people who sell fentanyl and other opioids.

The director of the State Bureau of Investigation says his agency is focusing more resources on opioid trafficking.

This is North Carolina Survivor's Union. It's a place where people with substance use disorder can come for help. The strategy here is all about harm reduction. It meets people where they are and its strategies aim to decrease the negative consequences of recreational drug use without requiring abstinence.