Raleigh, NC – Today, North Carolina Speaker Tim Moore announced appointments to the House Select Committee on Substance Abuse, including Committee Chair Rep. Stephen Ross and Vice Chair Rep. Erin Paré.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 12:30 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) and the FRA joined forces to reintroduce the bipartisan Veteran Heroin Overdose Prevention Act
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 @ 6:54 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Opportunities Available to Serve Your Community, Earn Money to Pay for College or Student Loans
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 7:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Since June 1, at least 18,000 people have lost health care coverage who likely would have been able to keep it under Medicaid Expansion
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 @ 11:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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An estimated 9,000 people will lose health care each month until Medicaid Expansion starts
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 9:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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Recent closure of Martin General Hospital Has Significantly Impacted Delivery of Care in Martin County
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 10:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Series of roundtables will take place in rural areas where hospital closures have impacted delivery of health care
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper declared today Overdose Awareness Day in North Carolina. Overdose Awareness Day is about remembering those whose lives have been lost to overdose, honoring family and community grief, and renewing our commitment to ending the overdose crisis in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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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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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an interview Friday that communist China is conducting warfare against the United States by intentionally flooding the U.S. with fentanyl.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Eighteen Republicans just looked their GOP colleagues and voters in the eye and told them to eat dirt.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 1:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina is set to receive part of a $3.1 billion settlement from Walmart regarding its involvement in the nationwide opioid crisis.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens have agreed to a $13.8 billion opioid settlement to resolve thousands of nationwide lawsuits, according to a new report.
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2022 @ 8:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released an updated North Carolina Dental Opioid Action Plan to provide clear steps and solutions for dentists and their staff, patients, families and communities to address the opioid epidemic.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 10:18 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Emboldened by his re-election as the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell has narrowed his immediate focus on the real problems facing the nation, the most serious of which is the Taylor Swift concert ticket scandal.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Opportunities Available to Serve Your Community, Earn Money to Pay for College or Student Loans
Published: Monday, November 14th, 2022 @ 12:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Republican Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance has won Ohio’s Senate election over Democratic opponent Tim Ryan, DecisionDeskHQ projects.
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 @ 6:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed September as National Recovery Month to emphasize the importance of substance use disorder treatment and prevention and show support for the people across the state who struggle with addiction.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 11:01 pm
By: Governor's Office
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"I tell people all the time; my child is gone. This is about saving yours," said Patricia Dewes, who lost her only child to a fentanyl overdose in 2019.
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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People combatting opioid use disorder in Western North Carolina are gaining expanded access to lifesaving outpatient services.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 2:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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People struggling with Opioid Use Disorder will have better access to more treatment options because of funding awarded by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 8:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 7:08 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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'If we do the same with the opioid settlement money as they did with the tobacco settlement deal, I’ll vote against myself.” — State Rep. Sasser, R-Stanly, a retired pharmacist who co-chairs the House Health Appropriations Committee
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2022 @ 2:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Golden LEAF Scholarship Alumni Spotlight: Ryquaisa Humphrey
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 4:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. will be stepping down from the agency after 5 years of service to the state.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 3:58 am
By: Governor's Office
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As the U.S. reckons with record-breaking drug overdose deaths during the COVID-19 epidemic, Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies is making an investment to help combat the overdose crisis.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 11:52 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Published: Sunday, November 14th, 2021 @ 7:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Anna Giaritelli of the Washington Examiner reports on cooperation among two dangerous groups.
Published: Friday, October 15th, 2021 @ 8:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper released a recommended budget for FY 2021-2023 that will strengthen North Carolina to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and ignite recovery for all North Carolinians.
Published: Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 @ 5:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper is still selling Medicaid expansion, but Republican lawmakers still aren’t buying.
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 3:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, New Vision Therapy is still fighting the opioid epidemic.
Published: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 @ 8:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $35 million State Opioid Response (SOR) grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 2:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Opioid deaths are surging across the United States after the coronavirus pandemic and heavy-handed lockdown measures put tens of millions of Americans out of work and separated patients from necessary medical and mental health care.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2020 @ 4:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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