Displaying items by tag: drug abuse
New website offers comprehensive, local resources for drug use awareness, prevention and recovery
PINEHURST — Sandhills-area residents with substance use disorders, their caregivers and the community at large now has a one-stop resource for finding help. A new website at www.firsthealth.org/recoveryresources provides an extensive breadth and depth of resources for opioid outreach and response.
Senate bill would ease penalties for low-level drug users
RALEIGH — Graham Stanley was a drug user with no criminal background. At 25-years-old, he was caught and sentenced to a mandatory minimum of between 14.5 and 17.5 years in North Carolina prison.
Quality Oil secures $5k grant for Samaritan Colony women's center
ROCKINGHAM — A planned treatment center for women with substance abuse issues is one step closer to becoming a reality.