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U.S. Overdose Deaths Fell 27% Last Year But Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

Melatonin Isn’t Always the Best Solution for Restless Nights

North Carolina Set to Receive Additional Opioid Settlement Funds

Register Now for 2025 NC Summit on Reducing Overdose

NCMS VP of Solutions Franklin Walker Featured in Article About Project VBOT

Will Hurricane Helene Impact Drop in NC Drug Overdose Deaths?

Addiction Medicine CME Series Helps You Meet Updated DEA Requirements

US Overdose Deaths Plummet, UNC Dr. Analyzes Data

NCMS Project VBOT Celebrates Growing Impact in Rural Areas, Gains Treatment Partners, Gathers Support from NC Lawmakers Tillis and Murphy

MIT: Implantable Sensor Could Reverse Opioid Overdoses

NCDHHS Updates Xylazine Exposure Guidance

Macon, Jackson Counties to Receive More Opioid Settlement Funds

NCMB, Wake AHEC join NCMS on CME Series for Opioid Use Prescribers

NCDHHS: Syringe Service Programs are Important to Communities

Is Buprenorphine Subject to the STOP Act’s Prescribing Limits?

Important Policy Updates for NC Behavioral Health Providers

New CME Series Helps Meet Updated DEA Requirements

Medicaid Expansion Could Help North Carolina’s Overdose Crisis

NCDHHS says that between 2000 and 2022, more than 36,000 North Carolinians lost their lives to drug…

Doctors May Have Identified a Possible New Syndrome in Newborns Linked to Fentanyl Exposure

Polysubstance Abuse Worsening US Opioid Crisis

New Addiction Medicine CME Series Helps You Meet Updated DEA Requirements

Where Should Opioid Settlement Dollars Be Spent?

Area L AHEC Provides Free SUD Courses for Healthcare Clinicians

Area L AHEC has developed two substance use disorder (SUD) educational programs meant to help…

Drugstores to Start Selling Over-The-Counter Narcan

New Addiction Medicine CME Series Helps You Meet Updated DEA Requirements

NC DPH Publishes Xylazine (Known as Tranq or Tranq Dope) Information Sheet

New Addiction Medicine CME Series Helps You Meet Updated DEA Requirements

Sen. Thom Tillis, NCMS Members Hold Roundtable on Substance Use and Mental Health

NC DPH: Xylazine (known on the street as Tranq) Abuse Growing. New Exposure Guidance Issued.

Updates to Requirements For All DEA-Registered Practitioners. What it Means for Your Practice.

Sad, But True. Fentanyl Fatalities Among Children Rising Faster Than Any Other Age Group.

FDA Approves Narcan for Over-the-Counter Sales

Substance Use Prevention Services in Primary Care Challenge Competition

Updated CME Series in Opioid Prescribing and Responding to Addiction

Effective Immediately: SAMHSA No Longer Accepting NOIs.

The Changing Face of Fentanyl-Related Deaths

DEA Announces Important Change to Registration Requirement

With Fentanyl-Related Deaths On Rise, Is It Time for Change In NC Good Samaritan Law?

CVS, Walmart, Walgreens agree to $13.8B Opioid Settlement

Funding Opportunity: Develop and Implement Interventions to Prevent Opioid Misuse

Junkie. Drunk. Addict. Words Matter When Talking to Patients About Substance Use Disorder.

AMA: All-hands-on-deck needed to end disturbing trends on overdose deaths

NCMS teams with ASAM for Pharmacy Access Survey

Animal Tranquilizers Making Street Drugs More Dangerous

NC Opioid Deaths Rising, NC Families Deciding Where National Settlement Money Will Go

988 Suicide Prevention Hotline Launches Saturday

Billion dollar plan leaves key issues unresolved, NCMS continues to push for Medicaid expansion

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