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Credit: North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
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NC: 10,000th Drug Overdoses Reversed Through Community Naloxone Distribution

January 29, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

On January 29, 2018, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC), a statewide nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of people impacted by drug use, received a report of its 10,000th community-based drug overdose reversal […]

Map from NC Dept of Health and Human Services factsheet.
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NC to Distribute 40,000 Doses of Life-Saving Naloxone to Fight Opioid Epidemic

November 3, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

North Carolina is making nearly 40,000 more units of life-saving medication available to help fight the opioid epidemic, the Governor announced today. The state has purchased the additional naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdose, to […]

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North Carolina Overdose Awareness Day Events Are August 31

August 30, 2016 Kay Whatley

NC Harm Reduction Coalition Plans Statewide Events Released by Tessie Castillo, NCHRC August 31, 2016, is international Overdose Awareness Day, a time to commemorate loved ones lost from accidental drug overdose. In North Carolina, drug […]

Naloxone signing, Greensboro NC. Source: NC Office of the Governor.
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Governor McCrory Signs Life-Saving Overdose Prevention Legislation

June 21, 2016 Kay Whatley

Governor Pat McCrory joined law enforcement officers, first responders, legislators and health care officials today at the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office to sign legislation making naloxone, a life-saving opioid reversal drug that has already saved […]

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    January 25, 2021

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UFO Sightings by US State: February 2019

March 12, 2019

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

Rhine Research Center, Durham NC. Photo: Kay Whatley
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The Rhine to Offer Professional Parapsychology Courses, Certificate Programs

January 25, 2019

The Rhine Education Center in Durham, North Carolina announced Winter online courses will be offered in parapsychology. The Professional Parapsychology Courses begin February 2019 and run for eight weeks, and students having the option to apply […]

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The Strange-ness: Mice, Parachutes and the US Air Force

March 1, 2013

In the North Pacific Ocean, several thousand miles West of Hawaii and East of the Philippines, lies the small island of Guam. In Guam, mice laced with acetaminophen are being air-dropped to control brown tree snakes. The US […]

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