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Wilmington man charged in Carolina Beach overdose death

WWAY News,

October 12, 2023

Local

New Hanover County man charged in fentanyl death

WWAY News,

October 12, 2023

News

US life expectancy falls to lowest levels since 1996 due to COVID, drug overdoses

ABC News,

December 22, 2022

Associated Press

CDC: US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year

Associated Press,

May 11, 2022

Local

Overdose deaths climbed in North Carolina in 2020

WWAY News,

March 21, 2022

Growing concerns over rising overdose deaths across North Carolina

Matthew Huddleston,

January 31, 2022

Columbus

Officer charged with trafficking drugs at Tabor Correctional Institution; inmate dead of apparent overdose

WWAY News,

November 23, 2021

Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on 'The Wire,' dead at 54

Associated Press,

September 7, 2021

Wilmington's only state-funded crisis and detox facility to close in October

Sydney Bouchelle,

August 25, 2020

Ohio doctor's license suspended amid review of overdoses, deaths

WWAY News,

January 26, 2019

Superbug infections rising among injection drug users

Associated Press,

June 7, 2018

Man dies from overdose in porta-potty in downtown Wilmington

Marissa Yoder,

January 18, 2018

Drug dealer pleads guilty in overdose death

WWAY News,

August 30, 2017

WWAY INVESTIGATION: Is Narcan helping or hurting opioid epidemic?

Kirsten Gutierrez,

February 8, 2017

Suspected drug dealer charged with murder in overdose death

WWAY News,

September 15, 2016

FBI, local sheriffs discuss heroin task force in Cape Fear

Elizabeth Bynum,

July 14, 2016

Bill to ease access to overdose drug goes to McCrory's desk

Kate Nemarich,

June 15, 2016

Number of fatal drug overdoses in North Carolina increases

Allyson Lorick,

February 22, 2016

8 inmates sent to hospital with overdose in Harnett County

Allyson Lorick,

January 18, 2016

Brunswick Co. deputies to carry life-saving drug

Alexa Block,

December 2, 2015

High school students hospitalized after apparent overdoses

Allyson Lorick,

June 3, 2015

Arrest made in connection to recent overdoses

Elizabeth Bynum,

May 7, 2015

Drug Overdose

Wilmington man charged in Carolina Beach overdose death

New Hanover County man charged in fentanyl death

US life expectancy falls to lowest levels since 1996 due to COVID, drug overdoses

CDC: US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year

Overdose deaths climbed in North Carolina in 2020

Growing concerns over rising overdose deaths across North Carolina

Officer charged with trafficking drugs at Tabor Correctional Institution; inmate dead of apparent overdose

Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on 'The Wire,' dead at 54

Wilmington's only state-funded crisis and detox facility to close in October

Ohio doctor's license suspended amid review of overdoses, deaths

Superbug infections rising among injection drug users

Man dies from overdose in porta-potty in downtown Wilmington

Drug dealer pleads guilty in overdose death

WWAY INVESTIGATION: Is Narcan helping or hurting opioid epidemic?

Suspected drug dealer charged with murder in overdose death

FBI, local sheriffs discuss heroin task force in Cape Fear

Bill to ease access to overdose drug goes to McCrory's desk

Number of fatal drug overdoses in North Carolina increases

8 inmates sent to hospital with overdose in Harnett County

Brunswick Co. deputies to carry life-saving drug

High school students hospitalized after apparent overdoses

Arrest made in connection to recent overdoses

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