WLOS Reported on Drug Take Back Event on April 30th
https://wlos.com/news/local/with-drug-overdose-deaths-up-16-drug-take-back-day-event-held-across-mountains-buncombe-county-dea?fbclid=IwAR0HqIK4rA73eznQaisUUc-Kfx428QcBAkjyjTGO94h49TGIk6ndvY2jY8I
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WLOS Covered the Narcan Training with Lance Karner
https://wlos.com/news/local/partnership-for-substance-free-youth-in-buncombe-county-hosts-first-virtual-narcan-trainin?fbclid=IwAR1UzzqbYY3b1Gt3siGcMdZMbLGS83oE3LzyOlwqnxf-mo2Hlh5Ks0Nuwl0
Mountain Xpress Publishes Letter to the Editor from Coalition Staff on Preventing Underage Drinking
Underage access to alcohol in the home has always been an issue. In our 2019 survey of Buncombe County and Asheville City Schools, 13.3% of sixth graders and 52.6% of […]
WLOS Reports: Buncombe County Leads Way in Reducing Opioid Deaths
There has been a recent 5% drop in overdose deaths in Buncombe County, compared to a 40% increase in the state as a whole. Buncombe County’s overall average number of […]
Check out Part 3 of the Substance Abuse Video Series from Erwin & AC Reynolds Students!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gqhlQ8MiBsXTnI–LgfijDnO6WLCrueU/view?usp=sharing
Check out Part 2 of the Substance Abuse Video Series from Erwin & AC Reynolds Students!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10xNgIDUJp5Utotxd7xyedhN1z782BJe0/view?usp=sharing
CDC reports 93,000 US Drug overdose deaths in 2020, a 30% one year increase
Overdose deaths accounted for more deaths in 2020 than car crashes, gun violence, and HIV-AIDS combined. The opioid epidemic has killed over half a million people in the US since […]
Healthy Ways to Manage Stress
Back to school is just around the corner! Be aware of increased peer influence and stress from school on top of the ongoing stress from the pandemic. Teens may turn […]
Community Paramedicine: Breaking the Overdose Cycle and Beyond
https://www.buncombecounty.org/countycenter/news-detail.aspx?id=19173