Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory are partnering with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse to recognize Family Day in North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 11:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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On 8-18-2016, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested, Jamale Antwan Stilley, 33 years of age, of 18980 Hwy. 33 East in Edward
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2016 @ 9:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Budget writers working on the state's 2016-17 spending plan received the OK to increase the amount of money to open new psychiatric beds around the state from $12 million to $18 million, using proceeds from the sale of the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh, while eliminating a controversial regulation.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Continuing his administration's commitment to take on North Carolina's toughest mental health and substance abuse challenges, Governor McCrory has accepted recommendations from two key task forces set up to develop new strategies for addressing mental health, substance abuse and underage drinking.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 5:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory received recommendations from the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today presented by Task Force co-chairman and ABC Commission Chairman Jim Gardner. In attendance were task force members and representatives from the ABC...
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:09 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory welcomed recommendations from the Governor's Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Use today in a Drug Treatment Court in Fayetteville. North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Rick Brajer, along with...
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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On 04-29-2016, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Dustin Shane Upton, 35 years of age, of 1458 Ivy Street in Denver Colorado and Dale Roger Upton, 64 years of age, of 220 Hudnell Street in Washington.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Surrounded by families, children, first responders, advocates and care providers, Governor Pat McCrory unveiled his budget priorities to further promote a healthy North Carolina. The governor's budget proposal will expand services to strengthen families and support North Carolina's most...
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 12:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory's Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Use provided a legislative committee with an update of its work to improve mental/behavioral health services in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2016 @ 8:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Researchers from Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill presented their report on the effects of alcohol on the brains of young people to the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today. Governor Pat McCrory requested the report in December.
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 10:47 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a grant to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to plan the establishment of a network of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 7:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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On 1-21-2016, investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit and Probation Officers with NC Department of Public Safety arrested Bobby Lee Moore, 36 years of age, 21073 Hwy. 33 East in Aurora.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After serving active duty in several conflicts, graduate psychologist Kevin Woodrow now works with fellow veterans struggling with mental health issues. He will receive his doctoral degree in clinical health psychology from ECU on Dec. 18.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:44 am
By: ECU News Services
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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 Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the membership of The Governor's Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Use today
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 12:51 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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More than 2,500 patients across the state may be diverted each year from hospital emergency departments to behavioral health crisis centers with help from $5,000 grants awarded to each of 11 counties
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 5:38 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory established today the North Carolina Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force, a panel that will bring together the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 6:40 am
By: McCrory Communications
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One in four Americans suffers from a mental health condition. Behavioral health, or mental health, is a term used to refer to fields related to the study, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness and substance abuse.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Some seventh-grade students in Martin and Pitt counties have found even the tiniest of creatures can become addicted to sugar and caffeine - and energy drinks can be lethal.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 1:37 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 4:05 am
By: Chris Downey
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments
Published: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 @ 9:32 pm
By: Chris Downey
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On October 20, 2014, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Moses Alfred Cooper, age 54, of 114 W Pantego St. in Belhaven and Cameron Hayes Merritt, age 18, of 390 Wilkins Rd. in Belhaven
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 1:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Pat McCrory has appointed East Carolina University assistant professor Dr. Beth Chaney to the North Carolina Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force.
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 6:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Deputy Latitia Wade applied for and obtained warrants charging inmate Brandy Nicole Kinion, age 30 of West Barr Road in Chocowinity, NC with Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Local Confinement Facility, Furnishing a Controlled Substance to an Inmate, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Published: Monday, July 14th, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCTracks will achieve its first service anniversary on July 1 as the single system for processing claims and payments for Medicaid and other N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) programs.
Published: Monday, June 30th, 2014 @ 7:32 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory announced one of the largest federal community development block grants in the state's history today, a $4.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to create a facility for homeless veterans.
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 5:31 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory signed an executive order today that creates a multi-agency task force aimed at reducing substance abuse and underage drinking. The Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force will build on statewide prevention, treatment and...
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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With Chancellor Steve Ballard and Vice Chancellor Virginia Hardy standing beside him, Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order May 13 that creates a multi-agency task force aimed at reducing substance abuse and underage drinking.
Published: Thursday, May 15th, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On February 26, 2014, Kacey Reann Midgette, age 33, of 1173 Grey Farm Road in Jamesville, NC, was served with arrest warrants stemming from 11 counts of Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 2:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week, a young man from eastern North Carolina named Keith Vidal became the latest victim in a long series of preventable tragedies caused by untreated severe mental illness.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2014 @ 12:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Helen Guthrie and Forrest Johnson were placed in Beaufort County Jail on Saturday.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 @ 11:31 am
By: BCN
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