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Number of fatal overdoses increases for the fourth consecutive year, NC report finds
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoThe number of opioid overdose deaths in North Carolina rose for the fourth straight year in 2022,...
Men more likely to use opioids with tranq and die from overdose, CDC reports show
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe animal tranquilizer called xylazine or tranq is increasingly found mixed with fentanyl and...
The troubling relationship between your job and your odds of drug overdose
Washington Post via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoDrug overdose deaths in America have doubled since 2015. They've more than quintupled since 2001. As...
‘Can’t help people if they’re not alive’: Wake residents talk opioid settlement plan
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoMegan Peevey says she knew when she first injected herself with heroin there was no turning back. “This was going to be something that was going to change everything about my life, or it was ...
Medicaid expansion offers hope for those wrestling with addiction. Will it be enough?
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoTreatment providers say a Medicaid expansion deal comes none too soon for those with substance abuse...