/tags/substance-abuse Substance Abuse en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:54:47 GMT /health/2024-06-25/xylazine-north-carolina-tranquilizer-overdose-deaths The veterinary tranquilizer is increasingly part of the street drug supply in N.C. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:54:47 GMT /health/2024-06-25/xylazine-north-carolina-tranquilizer-overdose-deaths Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health ąĎÉńapp /news/2024-04-29/wakebrook-behavioral-health-campus-reopen-east-raleigh Wakebrook closed last year after UNC Health pulled out. The facility will reopen to patients in May with renovations, more service providers, and a new crisis center. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:30:58 GMT /news/2024-04-29/wakebrook-behavioral-health-campus-reopen-east-raleigh Sharryse Piggott /health/2023-12-04/north-carolina-law-expands-the-fight-against-fentanyl Under a new state law, anyone who provides certain drugs to a person who dies after taking them may be prosecuted for second-degree murder — whether they received money for the drugs or shared them freely. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 21:31:54 GMT /health/2023-12-04/north-carolina-law-expands-the-fight-against-fentanyl Mehr Sher/Carolina Public Press /health/2017-08-03/nc-to-track-babies-born-with-alcohol-or-drug-dependencies Local social services agencies in North Carolina are now collecting information about babies born with a dependence on drugs or alcohol. The new Substance… Thu, 03 Aug 2017 11:00:00 GMT /health/2017-08-03/nc-to-track-babies-born-with-alcohol-or-drug-dependencies Rebecca Martinez /health/2016-08-23/durham-lgbt-addiction-recovery-center-a-first-of-its-kind-in-the-south An organization in Durham is running what is believed to be the only sober living center for LGBT people in the South. LaVare's House, which was… Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:44:05 GMT /health/2016-08-23/durham-lgbt-addiction-recovery-center-a-first-of-its-kind-in-the-south Will Michaels /health/2015-09-14/mental-health-task-force-to-meet-in-raleigh-tuesday North Carolina's new Mental Health and Substance Abuse task force meets for the first time Tuesday.Governor Pat McCrory appointed North Carolina Supreme… Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:54:11 GMT /health/2015-09-14/mental-health-task-force-to-meet-in-raleigh-tuesday Rebecca Martinez /health/2015-04-20/meet-trosa-founder-kevin-mcdonald Throughout his youth, Kevin McDonald was searching for a sense of belonging.His father was in the U.S. Air Force, which meant his family moved a lot… Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:40:07 GMT /health/2015-04-20/meet-trosa-founder-kevin-mcdonald Jess Clark /show/the-state-of-things/2015-04-20/meet-trosa-founder-kevin-mcdonald Throughout his youth, Kevin McDonald was searching for a sense of belonging.His father was in the U.S. Air Force, which meant his family moved a lot… Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:40:07 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-04-20/meet-trosa-founder-kevin-mcdonald Laura Lee, Frank Stasio /health/2013-11-08/nc-seeks-to-improve-local-behavioral-health-treatment State health officials are trying to cut the number of people with behavioral disorders who end up in the Emergency Room. The Department of Health and… Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:44:47 GMT /health/2013-11-08/nc-seeks-to-improve-local-behavioral-health-treatment Will Michaels /politics/2013-08-15/mccrory-vetoes-two-bills-welfare-drug-testing-undocumented-immigrant-restrictions Governor Pat McCrory vetoed two bills today.One (HB 786) known as the "Reclaiming NC Act" would have required undocumented immigrants to submit to… Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:50:55 GMT /politics/2013-08-15/mccrory-vetoes-two-bills-welfare-drug-testing-undocumented-immigrant-restrictions Laura Candler