/tags/naloxone Naloxone en-US Copyright Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:29:15 GMT /health/2025-01-21/forsyth-county-organizations-naloxone-wall-units-wfdd Forsyth County has begun installing naloxone wall units, offering free life-saving medication access. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:29:15 GMT /health/2025-01-21/forsyth-county-organizations-naloxone-wall-units-wfdd Neal Charnoff / WFDD /education/2023-09-18/naloxone-unc-fentanyl-deaths-students-harm-reduction-carolina 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. Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:04:33 GMT /education/2023-09-18/naloxone-unc-fentanyl-deaths-students-harm-reduction-carolina Liz Schlemmer /health/2022-06-07/gaps-in-nc-addiction-treatment-disproportionately-hit-rural-residents-of-color A new CDC study found more than 75% of counties don’t have anywhere residents can get methadone, and 30% of counties lack a buprenorphine provider. In North Carolina, rural communities with many Black and Indigenous residents often lack access to care. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:57:48 GMT /health/2022-06-07/gaps-in-nc-addiction-treatment-disproportionately-hit-rural-residents-of-color Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven | North Carolina Health ąĎÉńapp /health/2021-08-16/opioid-overdose-deaths-nc-carolina-increase-covid-19-lockdowns North Carolina recorded more opioid overdose deaths in 2020 than any year on record. State health leaders say interventions are working, but more needs to be done to meet the need. Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:00:00 GMT /health/2021-08-16/opioid-overdose-deaths-nc-carolina-increase-covid-19-lockdowns Jason deBruyn /health/2018-02-14/aetna-gives-1-million-to-fight-opioid-addiction-in-rural-nc A national health insurer is pledging to help North Carolina fight the opioid epidemic.The Aetna Foundation announced Tuesday it's giving $1 million… Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:22:56 GMT /health/2018-02-14/aetna-gives-1-million-to-fight-opioid-addiction-in-rural-nc James Morrison /health/2018-01-28/rapid-rise-in-nc-police-carrying-opioid-overdose-kits-in-all-but-rural-counties The drug naloxone has become key in saving lives from opioid overdoses. It’s such a vital tool for fighting the opioid epidemic that many law enforcement… Sun, 28 Jan 2018 23:06:11 GMT /health/2018-01-28/rapid-rise-in-nc-police-carrying-opioid-overdose-kits-in-all-but-rural-counties James Morrison /health/2017-11-07/fayetteville-helps-national-effort-to-map-opioid-crisis Fayetteville is part of a nationwide project that is trying to compile information about the opioid crisis. The non-profit New America is working with… Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:39:52 GMT /health/2017-11-07/fayetteville-helps-national-effort-to-map-opioid-crisis Will Michaels /health/2017-08-17/raleigh-police-officers-to-carry-opioid-reversing-drug Raleigh Police officers will now carry a drug called Naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses.Authorities say the city is experiencing a spike in drug… Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:05:12 GMT /health/2017-08-17/raleigh-police-officers-to-carry-opioid-reversing-drug Will Michaels /show/the-state-of-things/2016-10-28/combating-the-opioid-epidemic-in-north-carolina Deaths by opioid overdose are on the rise nationwide, and North Carolina remains hit hard by the epidemic. In 2014, opioids killed more than 28,000… Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:22:48 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-10-28/combating-the-opioid-epidemic-in-north-carolina Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio /health/2016-10-28/combating-the-opioid-epidemic-in-north-carolina Deaths by opioid overdose are on the rise nationwide, and North Carolina remains hit hard by the epidemic. In 2014, opioids killed more than 28,000… Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:22:48 GMT /health/2016-10-28/combating-the-opioid-epidemic-in-north-carolina Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio