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Narcan Vending Machine in Orange County

This new vending machine in Orange County could save opioid users’ lives

Narcan Nasal Spray

People who use opioids and are at-risk of an accidental overdose can now get a life-saving overdose reversal kit — from a local vending machine.

The Orange County jail has become one of the few facilities in the state to offer free Narcan nasal spray for drug overdoses, county officials announced.

Narcan, a medicine used to quickly treat an opioid overdose, is available 24 hours a day in a vending machine in the lobby of the Orange County Detention Center at 1200 U.S. 70 West in Hillsborough.

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222 people died from overdoses in Wake County last year

222 people died from overdoses in Wake last year. Here is the county’s opioids plan.

With a solemn but hopeful yes, Wake leaders put the county’s first dollars from the national opioid settlement into action Tuesday night. “We’re taking a comprehensive approach to get folks on the path to recovery,” said Denise Forman, assistant Wake County manager.

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Death-by-distribution law yields seven prosecutions in region to date

Henderson Dispatch

Roy Gronberg of the Henderson Dispatch covered the Rise Up Rally and published this article.  The orginal appears on the Henderson Dispatch web site however requires a subscription for access. It can also be read on Yahoo.

Since it went into effect late in 2019, authorities in the Tri-County region have lodged death-by-distribution charges seven times against people they believe sold drugs to people who later died of an overdose.

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Families rise up against fentanyl in Raleigh

Aug. 22—RALEIGH — Each year, the number of fentanyl deaths in North Carolina — from 442 in 2016 to 3,163 in 2021, according to the N.C. Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

Some citizens have begun to rise up against fentanyl. Organizations from across the state gathered in Raleigh to commemorate the first annual National Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention Day on Sunday, Aug. 21, in an event called the “Rise Up Rally,” said organizer Patricia Drewes.

Tyler Davis of the Henderson Dispatch covered the Rise Up Rally and published this article.  The orginal appears on the Henderson Dispatch web site however requires a subscription for access.

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