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Multi-agency bust leads to 10 arrests in Charlotte
Federal and local agents arrested 10 people after a Charlotte hotel raid tied to drug and gun trafficking. Authorities now seek to seize the property.
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NC vape shop raids draw concerns over illegal products, organized crime
Recent law enforcement activity in Union, Johnston, and Stokes counties is drawing attention to illegal activity inside some smoke and vape shops.
Opinion
NC needs common‑sense guardrails on high‑risk antibiotics
A functioning market depends on informed consumers, but when a patient is handed a prescription without being told that the drug carries multiple black‑box warnings and risk of permanent disability, the consumer cannot make a rational choice.
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Pharmaceuticals now top NC export, majority of exports to China
NC’s biopharmaceutical industry, which directly employs just 0.31% of the state’s approximately 11 million residents, produced 20% of its export value in 2024.
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Ellis Boyle named US Attorney for Eastern District of North Carolina
On Monday, attorney Ellis Boyle was installed as the new US Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, taking over one of the busiest federal prosecutorial offices in the country. The oath was administered by his father, United States District Judge Terrence Boyle, at the Terry Sanford Courthouse in Raleigh. Ellis Boyle, who practiced...
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Bill regulating hemp consumables on school grounds returns to NC House
The bill would require school districts to adopt policies to enforce these regulations as well as posting written signage indicating the enforceable ban.
Opinion
Congress must support ‘EPIC’ legislation to protect NC life sciences
Trump signed an executive order urging Congress to end the investment distortion the pill penalty creates — a step in the right direction to bring new medications to patients’ medicine cabinet.
Opinion
Keep prescriptions affordable and accessible for North Carolinians
I am worried about possible legislation here in NC that would compromise patient safety and impede PBMs’ ability to manage costs for patients like the ones I serve.
Opinion
FDA’s ‘digital-only’ label mandate for prescriptions endangers NC jobs, patients
Rural, low-income, and older patients without access to broadband, smartphones, or tech skills may not be able to take their medications correctly if they can’t access printed labels.
Opinion
Stop the madness: Overdose deaths and psychosis are poisoning our society
Over the weekend two more promising young lives were snuffed out in what police speculate were accidental drug overdoses. In sleepy but growing Raleigh suburbs, young families are burying their children because drugs and fentanyl poisoning are quite literally claiming a generation of Americans. In this case, two young athletes died overnight on Saturday in...
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Mental health problems spike among NC teens
The number of emergency-room visits by teens for self-inflicted injuries in N.C., like attempted suicides, rose from 2,362 to 3,259 over this same period — a 38% increase. Teens are also arriving at emergency rooms due to drug overdoses. In 2016, NCDHHS data showed 1.6 drug-overdose deaths per 100,000 people 13-18 years old. By 2021, the rate was almost four-times higher, with 4.3 drug-overdose deaths per 100,000 N.C. teens.
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Good Samaritan legislation clears N.C. Senate
RALEIGH — A proposed Good Samaritan law – that would give someone who calls 911 for help for someone who had overdosed on drugs limited immunity from prosecution – cleared the Senate on Tuesday. It now goes to the House.
