All tagged opioid crisis

North Carolina Recognized for Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis and Save Lives

North Carolina Recognized for Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis and Save Lives

Press Release
Politics, State Government

Attorney General Josh Stein and North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) Executive Director Kevin Leonard today announced that North Carolina received an award for excellence for its application of the Principles for Use of Fund from the Opioid Litigation developed by a coalition of organizations led by faculty and staff at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The coalition tracks how states and municipalities work to effectively and equitably distribute opioid settlement funds.

Attorney General Josh Stein announces online resource to help fight opioid crisis

Attorney General Josh Stein announces online resource to help fight opioid crisis

NC Political News
Health, State Government

Attorney General Josh Stein and state and local partners today unveiled a new online dashboard to help local governments in North Carolina fight the opioid crisis in their communities. The dashboard is available at https://ncopioidsettlement.org/ and offers resources to help communities decide the best ways to use their share of the nearly $850 million that could come to North Carolina to combat the opioid crisis.