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    Tag:  opioid overdose

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    MAT access expands through hospital coordinati­on

    Posted on September 15, 2023September 11, 2023 by Jessica Wakeman

    A new pilot program that started this summer helps people with opioid use disorder to initiate medication-assisted treatment in Mission’s emergency room, and then coordinates follow-up care.

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    Recovery community seeks to stop more overdoses with naloxone

    Posted on October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 by Jessica Wakeman

    On Sept. 13, Buncombe County Health & Human Services issued an alert on social media and to local groups like the Homeless Coalition about a spike in overdoses in the county. “Please be advised, over the last several days there has been a continued spike in probable overdoses in Buncombe County,” the email alert from […]

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    From NC Health News: Native Americans look for ways to stop soaring overdose deaths

    Posted on February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 by Xpress Contributor

    North Carolina’s opioid crisis has devastated the American Indian population more than any other. Combating it effectively requires a new approach, and a lot of money.

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    Community paramedici­ne program addresses opiod overdoses

    Posted on July 15, 2021October 13, 2022 by Jessica Wakeman

    Buncombe County experienced a 147% increase in overdose deaths between 2015 and 2017, the most recent period for which data is available from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. According to Emergency Services, Buncombe averages six-to-eight deaths monthly from probable overdoses.

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    From NC Health News: Behind needle exchange bill, a spat between Asheville site and its new neighbors

    Posted on April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 by Xpress Contributor

    Proposed state legislation filed in response to a years-long feud between an Asheville neighborhood and a local needle exchange could threaten syringe exchanges across North Carolina.

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    As opioid crisis wears on, Buncombe County prepares to launch syringe clinic

    Posted on May 5, 2019May 3, 2019 by Virginia Daffron

    The Buncombe County Health and Human Services Department will offer syringe services at its 40 Coxe Ave. clinic beginning in July or August, joining the Needle Exchange Program of Asheville and the Steady Collective in providing supplies and education to reduce the harms associated with injection drug use.

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    Emergency CDC funding beefs up WNC response to opioid crisis

    Posted on January 26, 2019January 17, 2019 by Kiesa Kay

    Harm-reduction efforts and addiction treatment are two of the main strategies public health agencies are using to address the crisis. Buncombe County, Haywood County and the Mountain Area Health Education Center are deploying over $660,000 in federal funds as part of that effort.

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    Year in review: Locals we lost in 2018

    Posted on January 2, 2019December 21, 2018 by Thomas Calder

    Some community members who died in 2018 lived long and respected lives. Others met sudden ends by way of traffic accidents or illnesses, while some had their lives cut short by violence. Many died as a result of overdosing on opioid drugs. We mark some of those passings in our list of deaths that hit our community especially hard.

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