Opioid Crisis /tags/opioid-crisis Opioid Crisis en-US Copyright Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:01:47 GMT N.C. House wants to spend opioid money on multiple abstinence-based recovery centers, while experts stress access to medication /health/2024-07-10/opioid-money-north-carolina-house-abstinence-based-recovery-centers Although budget negotiations stalled, the conversation about how to spend this opioid money is far from over. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:01:47 GMT /health/2024-07-10/opioid-money-north-carolina-house-abstinence-based-recovery-centers Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp New vaping regulations signed by NC Gov. Cooper /politics/2024-07-04/north-carolina-vaping-opioid-regulations-roy-cooper Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law new restrictions on vaping products, and he's expected to sign a ban on sales of a drug known as "gas station heroin." The goal is to prevent the sale of products that haven't been FDA approved. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:45:00 GMT /politics/2024-07-04/north-carolina-vaping-opioid-regulations-roy-cooper Colin Campbell Wake County School Board approves Naloxone policy, raises meal prices /news/2024-05-22/wake-county-school-board-approves-naloxone-policy-raises-meal-prices The Wake County School Board has approved a new policy regarding the use of an overdose-reversing drug and raised meal prices for the 2024-2025 school year. Wed, 22 May 2024 22:37:40 GMT /news/2024-05-22/wake-county-school-board-approves-naloxone-policy-raises-meal-prices Sharryse Piggott WakeMed will take on hospital-level mental care at Wakebrook /health/2023-10-24/wakemed-wakebrook-raleigh-mental-health-substance-disorder WakeMed Health and Hospitals will provide hospital-level mental health and substance use disorder treatments at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in Raleigh. Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:31:49 GMT /health/2023-10-24/wakemed-wakebrook-raleigh-mental-health-substance-disorder Jason deBruyn ‘We need to stay open minded’: Embracing new and old treatments to combat the opioid epidemic /health/2023-10-09/fentanyl-opioid-crisis-overdose-narcan-naloxone-robeson-lumberton As the fight against the opioid epidemic continues, new medicines promise to help. But experts say old remedies shouldn't be forgotten. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:11:52 GMT /health/2023-10-09/fentanyl-opioid-crisis-overdose-narcan-naloxone-robeson-lumberton Jason deBruyn With $1.5 billion from settlements, North Carolina counties tasked with reversing opioid epidemic /health/2023-06-27/opioid-settlements-billions-north-carolina-counties-reversing-epidemic Counties are starting to get their first payments from the more than $50 billion dollar windfall secured from drug manufacturers and pharmacies for their role in the opioid epidemic. A public radio collaborative investigated what programs are being funded. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:23:57 GMT /health/2023-06-27/opioid-settlements-billions-north-carolina-counties-reversing-epidemic Jason deBruyn Mental health advocates worry as UNC WakeBrook's future uncertain /health/2023-04-13/mental-health-advocates-worry-as-unc-wakebrooks-future-uncertain Mental health advocates are concerned that care for a fragile population will decline if Wake County and UNC Health can't reach a contract extension agreement to operate UNC WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in east Raleigh. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:28:17 GMT /health/2023-04-13/mental-health-advocates-worry-as-unc-wakebrooks-future-uncertain Jason deBruyn Bill looks to make it easier to call for help when there's an overdose /health/2023-04-11/bill-looks-to-make-it-easier-to-call-for-help-when-theres-an-overdose 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. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 18:34:44 GMT /health/2023-04-11/bill-looks-to-make-it-easier-to-call-for-help-when-theres-an-overdose Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp The FDA approves the overdose-reversing drug Narcan for over-the-counter sales /health/2023-03-29/the-fda-approves-the-overdose-reversing-drug-narcan-for-over-the-counter-sales The decision could make the life-saving drug more accessible. Emergent BioSolutions, the drug company that produces Narcan, said it anticipates it will be on store shelves by late summer. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:46:52 GMT /health/2023-03-29/the-fda-approves-the-overdose-reversing-drug-narcan-for-over-the-counter-sales Joe Hernandez More North Carolinians died of opioid overdoses in 2022 than ever before. Advocates call for broader harm reduction strategies. /health/2023-02-03/more-north-carolinians-died-of-opioid-overdoses-in-2022-than-ever-before-advocates-call-for-broader-harm-reduction-strategies North Carolina saw record highs in opioid overdose hospitalizations and deaths in 2022. Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:47:04 GMT /health/2023-02-03/more-north-carolinians-died-of-opioid-overdoses-in-2022-than-ever-before-advocates-call-for-broader-harm-reduction-strategies Jason deBruyn