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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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The N.C. General Assembly convenes the 2022 short session after the longest long session in state history concluded in March.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2022 @ 1:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Continues to Support Communities Addressing the Overdose Epidemic
Published: Thursday, May 6th, 2021 @ 5:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump has mobilized Federal resources to combat the opioid crisis that has devastated so many of our communities.
Published: Thursday, September 5th, 2019 @ 11:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Six rural North Carolina communities will share $1.2 million in federal grant funds to strengthen and expand their response to opioid use disorder with increased planning; prevention; evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment; and recovery service delivery.
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 10:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina House of Representatives recently released their budget, and the Senate released their version of the budget last week.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a series of events and releases this week, Governor Cooper will encourage North Carolinians to continue to work together to combat the opioid crisis and update the state on progress made since he launched the Opioid Action Plan in 2017.
Published: Thursday, June 13th, 2019 @ 1:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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During National Women’s Health Week, we come together to promote and support the health and well-being of our Nation’s mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and friends.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 7:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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FIGHTING THE OPIOID CRISIS: President Donald J. Trump’s effort to combat the opioid crisis is making progress and he remains committed to ensuring we end this crisis next door.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D. has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2019's Top 25 Women Leaders.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 9:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A Year of Historic Action to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2018 @ 1:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina will receive $27 million over the next year to fight the state's opioid epidemic by getting people off opioids and preventing others from misusing them, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 11:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded the Senate passage of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 12:47 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted to pass the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 @ 11:53 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, chaired an open hearing on the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 8:36 am
By: Thom Tillis
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County public health departments across North Carolina are keeping families and communities safe year-round through immunizations, screenings, infectious disease control and promotion of healthy lifestyles, while also meeting the challenges of addiction, overdose and a rising death rate related to o
Published: Monday, April 16th, 2018 @ 11:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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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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Governor Roy Cooper today signed a proclamation declaring September 2017 Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in North Carolina while visiting a local treatment center
Published: Monday, September 4th, 2017 @ 5:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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As a member of the President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis, Governor Cooper today submitted comprehensive recommendations for the Commission’s preliminary report and encouraged a coordinated approach in tackling the opioid crisis
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2017 @ 9:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, said if all of the opioid pills prescribed in the past 12 months were counted
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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