/tags/opioid Opioid en-US Copyright Tue, 21 May 2024 19:29:11 GMT /health/2024-05-21/jails-north-carolina-skip-meds-opioid-disorder In recent years, more detention centers in the state are starting to provide medications for opioid use disorder, not just because it’s best practice, but because it’s now a legal imperative. Tue, 21 May 2024 19:29:11 GMT /health/2024-05-21/jails-north-carolina-skip-meds-opioid-disorder Rachel Crumpler/NC Health ¹ÏÉñapp /politics/2024-02-13/nc-house-considers-ban-on-gas-station-heroin North Carolina lawmakers are considering restrictions on a new opioid drug sold in convenience stores. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:24:37 GMT /politics/2024-02-13/nc-house-considers-ban-on-gas-station-heroin Colin Campbell /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 /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 /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 /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 /news/2022-12-12/ag-stein-announces-11b-opioid-settlement-with-cvs-and-walgreens CVS and Walgreens did not admit to any wrongdoing as part of the settlement. Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:20:53 GMT /news/2022-12-12/ag-stein-announces-11b-opioid-settlement-with-cvs-and-walgreens Will Michaels, Associated Press /health/2022-09-28/opioid-use-disorder-treatment-in-jails-making-strides-in-north-carolina Framing MAT in jails as an Americans with Disabilities Act issue is prompting a shift in how the treatment is managed with jails now more willing to sort out the logistics. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:29:22 GMT /health/2022-09-28/opioid-use-disorder-treatment-in-jails-making-strides-in-north-carolina Rachel Crumpler/NC Health ¹ÏÉñapp /health/2022-09-16/momentum-building-for-mat-in-jails-across-n-c ADA adds pressure to detention centers to provide treatment for opioid use disorder during incarceration. Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:09:42 GMT /health/2022-09-16/momentum-building-for-mat-in-jails-across-n-c Rachel Crumpler/NC Health ¹ÏÉñapp /health/2022-07-13/nc-pharmacy-ordered-to-take-steps-to-prevent-drug-abuse A federal court has issued an order prohibiting a North Carolina pharmacy and its two pharmacists from dispensing controlled substances without taking steps to help ensure the drugs will not be abused, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:44:24 GMT /health/2022-07-13/nc-pharmacy-ordered-to-take-steps-to-prevent-drug-abuse Associated Press