Tension builds around best ways to spend NC’s opioid settlement money
The very first payments from the opioid settlement are coming quickly, and North Carolina’s county leaders are entrusted with investing it. But there’s department in …
Carolina researchers developing warnings for tainted street drugs
Led by Nabarun Dasgupta, researchers from throughout the University will work with 7 community- based damage decrease programs from all areas of North Carolina to …
‘Be good to yourself.’ NC musicians confront substance abuse, mental health in industry
Ed Bumgardner was at a previous bandmate’s funeral service in September 2019 when he chose something had to modification. He was tired. Tired of seeing …
Drug overdoses surged amid COVID lockdowns; more deaths in one year than ever before
More than 100,000 Americans passed away of drug overdoses throughout the 12 months following the COVID -19 lockdowns, the most overdose deaths ever tape-recorded in …
Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support
Overdoses have actually risen throughout the pandemic. Now, for the very first time, Congress has actually appropriated funds particularly for programs that disperse tidy syringes …