The Fayetteville Police Department is sounding the alarm after a recent spike in suspected fentanyl overdoses.
Walgreens announced Wednesday it will be selling a generic version of over-the-counter naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses.
"The more we say fentanyl out loud without shame, the more people understand that anybody could die."
According to the CDC, roughly 65% of the deaths involving fentanyl in 2022 could have been prevented with life-saving measures like Naloxone.
The Biden administration launched an initiative Wednesday that it describes as a nationwide call to increase training on and access to life-saving opioid overdose reversal medications, dubbed the Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose.
A North Carolina State University sophomore says the death of two friends pushed her to do something.