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Opioids

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Purdue Pharma to be sentenced in criminal opioids case

  • Apr 21

Nash County Public Schools add Narcan to every bus

  • Mar 10

Judge will approve opioid settlement with Purdue and Sackler family

  • Nov 14, 2025

FDA pushes for ban of potent Kratom derivative 7-OH amid risks

  • Jul 30, 2025

Mobile treatment clinic providing easier access to opioid treatment

  • Jul 22, 2025

States agree to $7.4 billion opioid settlement

  • Jun 16, 2025

Exclusive: DEA seizes large amount of carfentanil in the mail

  • Apr 30, 2025

Doctor, advocate weigh in on new non-opioid pain killer Journavx

  • Feb 3, 2025

Latest Videos

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Mobile treatment clinic providing easier access to opioid treatment

  • Jul 22, 2025
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All US states agree to $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma

  • Jun 16, 2025
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Cumberland County opens facility for those struggling with opioid abuse

  • Oct 29, 2024
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Federal officials to discuss opioid epidemic in Durham County

  • Aug 21, 2024
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Wake County approves use of $7.5 million toward tackling opioid addiction, overdoses

  • Apr 18, 2024
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Durham to talk about plans for how to invest opioid settlement dollars

  • Feb 21, 2024
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Cumberland County using $500,000 in settlement money on opioid crisis

  • Feb 5, 2024
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Narcan vending machine added to lobby of Durham Detention Center

  • Sep 12, 2023

Latest Stories

CVS knowingly dispensed 'excessive quantities of opioids' from 'known pill mills': DOJ lawsuit

CVS is accused of "unlawfully dispensing massive quantities of opioids ... to fuel its own profits," according to a civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department.

  • Dec 19, 2024

Cumberland County opens facility for those struggling with opioid abuse: 'We are here for them'

More tools and resources are in place to help those struggling with opioid addiction in Cumberland County.

  • Oct 29, 2024

Use of opioid overdose antidote by laypersons rose 43% from 2020 to 2022, study finds

After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018.

  • Oct 15, 2024

Federal officials to discuss opioid epidemic in Durham County

White House Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Dr. Rahul Gupta will discuss the topic of overdoses.

  • Aug 21, 2024

Triangle families react to Supreme Court's rejection of opioid settlement

"How many lives, and how many people will that impact?"

  • Jun 28, 2024