Vol. 79, Issue 3, 2018 | Published by North Carolina Medical Journal

Emergency Providers’ Opioid Prescribing Behaviors Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries in North Carolina, 2013-2014: Medication Utilization and Costs

Brittany WilliamsGeoffrey MospanRebecca SeabockChris GilletteMichelle DeGeeter

BACKGROUND This study sough...

Original Research

Facilitators and Barriers to Naloxone Kit Use Among Opioid-Dependent Patients Enrolled in Medication Assisted Therapy Clinics in North Carolina

Prasana KhatiwodaRae Jean Proeschold-BellChristina S. MeadeLawrence P. ParkScott Proescholdbell

BACKGROUND Naloxone—an opioid antagonist that reverses the effects of opioids—is increasingly being distributed in non-medical settings. We sought to identify the facilitators of, and barriers to, opioid users using naloxone...

Policy Forum: Introduction
How We Got Here
Peter J. Morris
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Policy Forum: Introduction
The Opioid Epidemic in NC: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
Susan M. KansagraMandy K. Cohen
Like many states, North Carolina faces an opioid crisis that has rapidly intensified in recent years. Addressing this epidemic requires interventions such as judicious prescribing of opioids, community based prevention...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Addiction is a Chronic Medical Illness
Eric D. Morse
Addiction is a chronic medical illness and needs to be viewed as such. For too long addiction has been viewed as episodic and has been treated in a 28-day inpatient...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Stabilizing the Mother-Infant Dyad for Better Outcomes from OB to FM: Caring for Patients with Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder through the 4th Trimester
Melinda RamageBayla OstrachBlake FaganCarol C. Coulson
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Policy Forum: Introduction

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): An Important Element of a Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis

Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson

Adverse childhood experienc...

Policy Forum: Introduction

Fighting the Opioid Epidemic in North Carolina with Leadership, Compassion, and Creativity: Community Approaches

Lisa Macon HarrisonFred McClure

Our state9s motto is "Esse ...

Policy Forum: Introduction

Meeting Opioid Users Where They Are: A Service Referral Approach to Law Enforcement

Lars Paul

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Policy Forum: Introduction
Reducing the Oversupply of Prescription Opioids
Sara McEwenSteven Prakken
Prescribers have played an ...
Policy Forum: Introduction
How North Carolina Hospitals, Health Systems, and Care Providers are Uniting to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
Jai KumarLarry Greenblatt
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Policy Forum: Introduction
How Did We Get Here? Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Trends: A Law Enforcement Perspective
Leslie Cooley Dismukes
Illicit heroin and fentanyl are infecting North Carolina's communities, and causing an increasing number of overdose deaths
Policy Forum: Introduction
Opioid Use Disorder: Treatment & Recovery
Smith WorthKenny House
The current opioid epidemic...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Community Resource Court: A Model for Accountability and Recovery. Same People. Different Outcomes.
Judge Joseph Buckner
Combining recovery for individuals with mental illness who have come into the criminal justice system with holding them accountable for their actions is the goal of Community Resource Court. This...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Public Safety is Public Health; Public Health is Public Safety: Adult Correction’s Response to the Opioid Epidemic in North Carolina
Joseph H. PraterSonya Brown
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Policy Forum: Introduction
Harm Reduction Strategies for the Opiod Crisis
Tessie Castillo
In order to reduce disease ...
Policy Forum: Introduction
Tar Heel Footprints in Health Care: Sean McHugh
Maggie A. Bailey
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Vol. 79, Issue 3, 2018 The Opioid Crisis: Substance Use and Harm Reduction in North Carolina

Vol. 79, Issue 3, 2018
The Opioid Crisis: Substance Use and Harm Reduction in North Carolina