Fayetteville Allocates $163K in Opioid Settlement Funds for Police Training
Fayetteville invests $163K in police training as overdose deaths rise, expanding diversion and recovery programs funded by opioid settlement dollars through 2038.
How Cumberland County and Fayetteville are Spending Opioid Settlement Dollars
Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville will receive over $36 million in national opioid settlement funds through 2038. The governments have spent funds so far on a variety of projects, including a diversion program and naloxone distribution.
Why you should carry Narcan, and where to get it for free in Cumberland County
Public health officials urge all residents to carry Narcan, also known by the generic name naloxone, which is available for free at the Cumberland County Department of Public Health, the detention center and the Recovery Resource Center.
New organizations funded in Cumberland County’s latest release of national opioid settlement dollars
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners approved a new allocation of the county’s share of national opioid settlements, funding five new projects that will provide recovery services, early intervention and housing.
Another $575,000 from national opioid settlements is coming to Cumberland County and Fayetteville
Cumberland County and Fayetteville will receive $575,00 of a $720 million national opioid settlement with eight makers. The funds will be distributed across one year to a decade, depending on the drug maker.
Cumberland County, Fayetteville could receive millions from Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson signed on to a settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that could bring $3.26 million to Cumberland County and $383,000 to Fayetteville to address the opioid crisis.
Bringing the opioid crisis into the modern era
CityView sat down with editors and authors of Opioids 360, a multidisciplinary research book by Methodist University staff and students that examines America’s opioid crisis and how it came to be.
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Partner up: County seeks proposals from organizations for latest round of opioid settlement money
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health will use up to $4 million in the county’s shares of national opioid settlement funds on five to-be-selected projects to address the opioid crisis.
FSU and county opioid response team conducting one of largest xylazine studies in the nation
The study, “Understanding the Role of Xylazine in the Opioid Crisis,” will recruit 900 people who use drugs and 300 physicians to investigate the prevalence of xylazine in the county’s drug supply and its impacts.
Doors open at Cumberland County’s opioid use disorder recovery resource hub
The C-FORT Recovery Resource Center opened its doors today. The center is not a treatment facility. It is a one-stop shop for resources and services to help those with substance use disorders and loved ones navigate recovery.
Cumberland County Department of Public Health proposes latest spending of national opioid settlement dollars
Another flood of national opioid settlement dollars is about to hit Cumberland County as the county’s department of public health recommends spending around $7.75 million out of available national opioid settlement funds on opioid crisis tackling strateg
