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Overdose deaths climb to record levels in NC, nationwide

November 29, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are now being seen in the record number of drug overdose deaths that have occurred between April 2020 and April 2021. According to the Centers for Disease […]

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NC saw record 3,260 drug OD deaths in 2020, continued rise in 2021

August 11, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — In July, the Centers for Disease Control released their predictions for national 2020 drug-overdose death numbers and they again broke records, with 93,331, a 29% spike from the 2019 total of 72,151. North […]

US approves high-dose opioid reversal nasal spray from Hikma

April 30, 2021 The Associated Press

U.S. regulators on Friday approved the first high-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses. The Food and Drug Administration approved Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ Kloxxado, a spray containing 8 milligrams of naloxone — double the highest dose […]

Prince fans headed to Paisley Park five years after death

April 21, 2021 The Associated Press

CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Paisley Park, where Prince lived and worked, will welcome back a select 1,400 fans Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death from inside his creative sanctuary. The sprawling studio’s atrium […]

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Overdose deaths climb to record levels in NC, nationwide

NC saw record 3,260 drug OD deaths in 2020, continued rise in 2021

US approves high-dose opioid reversal nasal spray from Hikma

Prince fans headed to Paisley Park five years after death

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