Debbie Peeden’s interview with Greensboro WFMY News2
Category: News
NARCAN vending machines added to Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Narcan vending machines are now available at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center, according to a statement released by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office on social media.
NARCAN Vending Machine in Cumberland County
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — A vending machine has been installed in the Cumberland County Detention Center but it’s not dispensing food, candy or fruit. It’s to help anyone who’s incarcerated there get NARCAN.
Families Of Fentanyl Victims Rally At N.C. Capitol, Call For Action Against Cartels, Dealers
EDITORIAL: Poisoning America, a political calculus
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.
Safe Medicines – Fentanyl Awareness Day
Rise Up Rally at the Capitol: Forgotten Victims of North Carolina
PRESS RELEASE
FENTANYL IS A SERIAL KILLER: NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS AND PREVENTION DAY
| Date & Time: | Sunday, August 21, 2022, 2-4pm, Rain or Shine |
| Where: | NC State Capitol Building Grounds, South Side, Morgan Street facing Fayetteville Street |
| Parking: | Free street parking and paid parking in municipal lots |
| Rules: | No signs on sticks/poles, no drones, no firearms/weapons, no climbing trees/walls/statues |
| Attendees: | Fentanyl Victim’s Families, Media, Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, Recovery Providers, Educators, Advocates, and the Public |
| Organized by: | Patricia Drewes, Co-Founder, Forgotten Victims of Vance, Granville, Franklin, and Warren Counties, NC Author: Death of America’s Future: China’s Fentanyl How to order book: https://heavenssake.square.site/ Phone: 252-204-9611 Email: forgottenvictimsVGFWnc@yahoo.com FB page: Forgotten Victims of Vance, Granville, Franklin, and Warren Counties |
“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever faced,” states Anne Milgram, Administrator, US Drug Enforcement Agency. “Fentanyl is everywhere. No community is safe from this poison.”
NC Policy Watch – Fentanyl in NC: An epidemic within the opioid epidemic
