NC Health News

APRIL 14, 2025

These kiosks also contain information about recovery services for substance use disorder and testing strips that can be used to check illicit drugs for deadly substances such as fentanyl. More than 220 lives were lost to overdose in Wilson County from 2013 to 2023, according to data from the N.C.

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National Council on Urban Indian Health

MARCH 17, 2025

Appropriate $80 million for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans. Appropriate $80 million for Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Resources for Native Americans. Ensure Federal Policies Uphold Trust Obligations to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The grants, set to be used in 2025 and 2026, are intended to help prevent Georgians from developing opioid addictions, connect people with substance use disorders to harm reduction and treatment programs, and bolster recovery resources across the state. The Trust published a list of accepted grantees on its website.

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NC Health News

APRIL 3, 2025

A total of 182 overdose deaths were linked to the county, which is home to about 48,800 people, from 2013 to 2023. The county saw a record 32 fatal overdoses, a nearly threefold increase from the 11 deaths reported a decade earlier. Officials are still tallying deaths from 2024.

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BU School of Public Health Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

After accounting for municipality-level sociodemographic and opioid prevention factors, the team observed a gradual and significant decrease—by an average of 16 percent per year—in opioid fatality rates in cities with pharmacies that implemented the naloxone standing order compared to cities that did not implement the standing order.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

But the contentious nature of the Affordable Care Act drove North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly to pass a 2013 law requiring legislative approval to expand Medicaid in the state. A lot of people with substance use disorders and mental illness were requiring a lot of attention from their deputies and officers.”

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