In 2022, the City of Durham’s Community Safety Department (DCSD) launched its crisis response program, the Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Team...
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It’s not hard to find hemp-derived products in North Carolina. Over the past few years, with specialty shops and...
UT: ‘Compounded’ weight-loss drugs are a growing problem for state regulators
/ California, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, USA, Utah, West VirginiaCompounding pharmacies are allowed to make a medication that’s essentially a copy of a commercially available drug if its...
An Eastern Carolina school system will allow the use of a drug to combat overdoses on its campuses. The...
NC: Many NC jails violate legal requirements by skipping meds for opioid use disorder
/ North Carolina, USABut momentum for the treatment is building. In recent years, more detention centers in the state are starting to...
In Orange County, the Criminal Justice Resource Department has created several programs to support justice-involved community members since it...
Supported by the N.C. Collaboratory, epidemiologist Nabarun Dasgupta and his team analyze street drugs and alert communities about dangers....
NCDHHS Continues Fight Against Overdose Epidemic With overdose deaths in 2021 increasing 22%, the North Carolina Department of Health...
NC: Too much need, too few resources to meet all of the demand for substance use treatment in NC prisons
/ North Carolina, USADemand is growing — and unmet. When people are released from prison, many return to communities without having received...
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will issue cards allowing people to buy the first legal marijuana in North...
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Southwestern Pennsylvania counties are making sure overdose prevention drugs are everywhere
In Pennsylvania, USAJanuary 24, 2025MI: Munson Healthcare installs Narcan distribution boxes
January 24, 2025OH: ‘People are not alone’: Thrive for Change promotes fentanyl test strips to prevent overdose deaths
January 23, 2025West Virginia Department of Human Services Continues Progress in Reducing Overdose Deaths
In USA, West VirginiaJanuary 23, 2025ME: End of prominent syringe-exchange service in Bangor causes ripple effects
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