Emergency department visits for opioid overdose in North Carolina have risen sharply, with preliminary data for 2017 indicating more than 5,700 visits, a nearly 40 percent increase in opioid overdose ED visits compared to 2016
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 @ 7:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Pulling out the big guns for Friday. (Laughter.) Serious business. Good afternoon.
Published: Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 @ 1:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, First Lady Melania Trump visited the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to learn more about the opioid epidemic in Ohio and visit with some of their young patients
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 @ 7:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Tuesday marks the expiration of the President’s public health emergency to combat the opioid crisis, Governor Roy Cooper urged Congress to take action on the recommendations of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:16 am
By: Governor's Office
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Under President Trump's leadership, Congress passed historic tax cuts and relief for hardworking Americans not seen since President Reagan.
Published: Saturday, January 6th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's now much more difficult to get prescription opioids in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New rules that set limits on the quantity of opioids that can be prescribed take effect Jan. 1, 2018
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 7:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Opioid addiction can be fatal, but government policies would probably make a bad situation worse, many experts say
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Together, we will face this challenge as a national family with conviction, with unity, and with a commitment to love and support our neighbors in times of dire need. Working together, we will defeat this opioid epidemic. - President Donald J. Trump
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 1:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 @ 4:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The opioid crisis has touched one in three North Carolinians, a recently released Elon University poll says
Published: Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 @ 1:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper encourages North Carolinians to participate in the 14th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day tomorrow, Saturday, October 28, 2017
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 5:44 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost their lives to drug abuse, and it will only get worse unless action is taken
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 5:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statment today on the President's declaration of a public health emergency
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 11:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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Medical researchers should be allowed to dive "into the weeds," a handful of U.S. senators who want to roll back regulations for marijuana studies say
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 9:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 1:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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By their very nature, the drugs that were responsible for more than 1,100 North Carolinian deaths in 2015, and thousands more across the nation, are perilous
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2017 @ 4:22 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Roy Cooper today signed House Bill 243, the STOP Act, into law in a ceremony at the North Carolina State Capitol
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 7:29 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper Announces Bold Action Plan to Turn the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic in North CarolinaGovernor Roy Cooper today kicked off the Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Summit and announced North Carolina's Opioid Action Plan
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 1:34 pm
By: Governor's Office
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At the first meeting of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Governor Roy Cooper urged common sense strategies for the federal government to help combat the opioid crisis
Published: Saturday, June 17th, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina is a recipient of more than $31 million to address the opioid crisis through the 21st Century Cures Act, State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2017 @ 5:02 am
By: Governor's Office
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New data released today shows the sobering local impact of the opioid crisis on North Carolina families
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 @ 10:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina is one of only eight states nationwide selected to participate in a learning lab to find better ways to fight opioid addiction among prison inmates, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 1:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today met with leading professionals from law enforcement, substance abuse treatment and health care about the best ways to fight the opioid crisis in North Carolina
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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It was a poignant moment in a heartfelt push for stronger laws to prevent opioid addiction
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 3:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD, is calling on thousands of clinicians across North Carolina to join the fight against opioid addiction in North Carolina, a crisis that has seen more than 13,000 North Carolinians die unnecessarily from unintentional overdoses since 1999
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 1:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today released his recommended budget for 2017-2019, Common Ground Solutions for NC, to invest in a better educated, healthier and more prosperous North Carolina without raising taxes or fees
Published: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 @ 10:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) voted in favor of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which passed the Senate in a 94-1 vote
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2016 @ 3:07 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) took to the Senate floor to respond to Senate Democratic leaders who are delaying the final passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), legislation that provides much-needed assistance to states, local communities, and first responders in...
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2016 @ 2:43 pm
By: Chris Downey
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