Western counties may combine opioid settlement funds for regional treatment center

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Wednesday, 09/11/2022

No matter how it all shakes out in the end, Nov. 3, 2022 will be looked upon as a historic day in Western North Carolina as regional leaders took the first few tenuous steps towards creating an enduring partnership to combat the opioid epidemic.

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MDMA as medicine: Stemming the tide of veteran suicides in Western North Carolina

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Wednesday, 11/05/2022

Around midnight on Christmas Eve in 2006, Jonathan Lubecky found himself alone in a Raleigh tavern listening to church bells chiming off in the distance.

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