State Close to Exhausting Supply of First Doses
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Byron York of the Washington Examiner looks beyond the spin associated with reports about the U.S. Postal Service under President Trump.
Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2020 @ 11:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced $15.9 million in discretionary funding for its High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, White House officials issued the following statements after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released official 2018 mortality statistics that showed drug overdose deaths declined for the first time in 29 years.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 5:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the first time in five years the number of unintentional opioid-related overdose deaths among North Carolina residents has fallen.
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2019 @ 8:03 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its Performance Reporting System, which outlines the goals and objectives for the National Drug Control Strategy
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 9:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last night President Trump delivered a straightforward message to the American people regarding the situation on the southern border. He called that situation a "crisis."
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:08 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The North Carolina Payers Council, a group of public and private health care payers formed as part of Governor Roy Cooper's 2017 North Carolina Opioid Action Plan to identify, align and implement policies to combat the opioid crisis, today released a report that identifies a five-pronged approach to
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 9:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Cooper today announced $1.5 million in grant awards to 12 community partners to implement projects that combat the opioid crisis by advancing the goals of the NC Opioid Action Plan
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 9:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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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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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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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 proclaimed August 31 as Overdose Awareness Day in North Carolina calling on citizens to be aware of the dangers of drug overdose and the efforts underway across the state that address substance use.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 2:58 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined law enforcement officers, first responders, legislators and health care officials today at the Guilford County Sheriff's Office to sign legislation making naloxone, a life-saving opioid reversal drug that has already saved 3,300 North Carolinians, more accessible
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 4:42 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today is International Overdose Awareness Day, a time to call attention to a major cause of accidental death in the United States. Each day, at least two people in North Carolina die from unintentional opiate overdose with more than 800 opiate overdose-related deaths reported in 2014.
Published: Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 @ 12:20 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Carrboro Police Department saved the life of a resident Monday night (Jan. 12) - the first time naloxone was used by any police department in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 25th, 2015 @ 10:53 am
By: Chris Downey
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A proposed Good Samaritan law - that would give someone who calls 911 for help for someone who had overdosed on drugs limited immunity from prosecution - cleared the Senate on Tuesday. It now goes to the House.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A person who calls 911 for help for someone who has overdosed on drugs would receive limited immunity from prosecution under a Good Samaritan Law that passed a Senate committee Thursday.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Do you take vitamins? For many if not most people, it's a good idea. It ensures that even if you don't always maintain a varied and healthful diet, your body gets the baseline level of nutrients.
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 @ 4:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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