The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has concluded that “Friends” star Matthew Perry died on October 28 as the result of the “acute effects of ketamine,” which resulted in “cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression.”
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 @ 12:29 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of senators are calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to take further action to remove barriers to buprenorphine, a lifesaving drug used to treat opioid use disorder.
Published: Friday, June 9th, 2023 @ 11:43 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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NCDHHS Continues Fight Against Overdose Epidemic
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 3:18 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Dramatic headlines on opioids are nearly continuous. The No. 1 cause of death for adults under 45 is fentanyl overdose (not even including other opioids like heroin and prescription pills).
Published: Saturday, June 18th, 2022 @ 3:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new federal grant will help North Carolina partner with local justice systems — including local law enforcement, courts and others — to prevent opioid overdoses and connect people to treatment.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 8:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed the House Bill 325, the Opioid Epidemic Response Act, to help increase access to medication assisted treatment and expand harm reduction measures to reduce opioid overdose deaths across the state.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2019 @ 7:21 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the Mountain Area Health Education Center to increase the number of doctors who graduate from North Carolina residency programs with the training necessary to provide medication-assisted treatment for patients
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 5:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Unintentional opioid-related overdose resulted in 1,884 deaths in North Carolina last year, a 34 percent increase from the 1,407 deaths attributed to the same cause in 2016, and state health officials say the increase is due to the increase in potent illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 5:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A fourth year of funding for ECU's Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) will mean new ways for seniors in eastern North Carolina to access health care
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 12:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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When addicts show up at emergency rooms, there's a good chance they won't find help
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2018 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cooper Announces State Distribution of 40,000 Doses of Life-Saving Naloxone to Fight Opioid EpidemicNorth Carolina is making nearly 40,000 more units of life-saving medication available to help fight the opioid epidemic, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 @ 1:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will establish a manufacturing and research facility in Durham County where it will create 52 new jobs during the coming five years
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2016 @ 10:04 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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