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Wilson librarian uses Narcan to save man’s life during overdose
A librarian in Wilson County saved a man’s life late last year during an overdose by administering the drug Narcan, reviving him as police and medics arrived.
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Lawmakers, families fight for harsher punishment to combat fentanyl crisis
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Senators move to increase punishments as fentanyl (overdoses) poisonings rise
Treasury Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Network
Understanding the Sinaloa Cartel
NC Family Summit Media Coverage
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CBS17 Coverage of Family Summit
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Dozens of families from across North Carolina and beyond were together in Raleigh on Saturday, remembering loved ones who died from fentanyl poisoning.
“Matthew was my first grandchild, my first grandson, and I always called him my uno because he was my number one,” one woman said to a group at the Family Summit on Illicit Fentanyl Fatalities in North Carolina.
Family members said the names of victims and their forever ages.
“Jesse’s forever age is 26,” one mom said of a son she lost to fentanyl poisoning.
Families were crying together, hugging each other and remembering loved ones.
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WRAL TV5 Coverage of Family Summit
RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 40 families came together Saturday at the Public Safety and Justice Conference at NC State University.
Eight North Carolinians die each day from fentanyl poisoning, and over 13,376 died from fentanyl from 2013 to November 2022.
Barb Walsh, founder and executive director of the Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina, lost her daughter 24-year-old daughter, Sophia, to fentanyl poisoning. Now she’s trying to connect others who’ve lost loved ones to fentanyl.
“Other people who lost a child to fentanyl, or loved one, they shouldn’t stand alone,” Walsh said. “I felt like we would all be stronger if we stood together.”
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NC Family Summit on Fentanyl
Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina and Forgotten Victims of North Carolina are hosting a Family Summit on Fentanyl on Saturday, March 4, 2023. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is the keynote speaker.