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It's now much more difficult to get prescription opioids in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 @ 9:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the Office of National Drug Control Policy released the Trump Administration's reaction to the Final Report of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis and a summary of major actions taken by the Administration this year.
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2017 @ 12:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Opioid addiction can be fatal, but government policies would probably make a bad situation worse, many experts say
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper, a member of the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, shared the following comment after the Commission voted unanimously to submit their final report to the President
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 1:53 am
By: Governor's Office
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A total of 32 small, technology-oriented companies across 18 North Carolina communities will get $1.9 million to help them grow and provide good jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 5:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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It's been a decade since Rep. Bill Brawley, R-Mecklenburg, uncovered a sex trafficking ring at a hotel in west Charlotte
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anderson was introduced to drugs and became addicted. She was trafficked in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and many other U.S. cities
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Tom McInnis, R-Richmond, said if all of the opioid pills prescribed in the past 12 months were counted
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though we Georgians claim the Allman Brothers as our own, they actually did not settle in Georgia until after they were well on their way to stardom. Of course no good story stand on its own, they must be embellished with a bit of folklore.
Published: Sunday, May 28th, 2017 @ 12:57 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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There is a direct correlation between politics and the treatment of pain, according to Dr. Keith Wailoo, who spoke at East Carolina University on Jan. 31
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 11:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Continuing his administration's commitment to take on North Carolina's toughest mental health and substance abuse challenges, Governor McCrory has accepted recommendations from two key task forces set up to develop new strategies for addressing mental health, substance abuse and underage drinking.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 5:24 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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I watched the CNN special on Glen Campbell, “I’ll just be Me” last night.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Recent events lead me to restate an argument I made several years ago in response to a belligerent correspondent: mind your own business.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeff Zyburt's virtual reality goggles helped him experience the sensation of steering a military vehicle down a dusty road in a combat zone.
Published: Sunday, March 29th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Messages from Mom and Dad this week most likely will urge East Carolina University students to wrap up in winter coats, hats and gloves before venturing out in the cold.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 2:36 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University programs in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation counseling have been ranked among the best graduate schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 6:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University is taking steps to strengthen its record on campus security at the same time a University of North Carolina report has outlined system-wide best practices on safety and security.
Published: Friday, August 1st, 2014 @ 10:40 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University students responded to June's soaring temperatures by trading in their traditional classroom environment for a refreshing dip in the Pamlico River.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 4:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory and First Lady Ann McCrory hosted a group of women graduating from the Durham Rescue Mission's recovery program at the governor's mansion today.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:09 am
By: Christopher Maye
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When I took the job as a movie theater cashier, I had no idea my first excursion into the working world would deliver such valuable life lessons. I learned it's not a good idea to work for someone who tells you to protect the cash register at all costs and hands you a baseball bat to fend off robber
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University's rehabilitation counseling program is ranked among the best graduate programs in the nation, according to a listing released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center have teamed up to help pregnant women and new mothers with a history of substance abuse across eastern North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 11:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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Not that it is really in my interest to say this, but most political debates are a waste of time.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After seven years in his previous career, Mike Weeks was looking for more of a challenge. Considering that he'd worked both as an accountant and a social worker, Weeks would have to find something particularly challenging.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2013 @ 11:06 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina's official toast boldly proclaims that ours is a state where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great.
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 9:02 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The six-inch scar on Ty Shaw’s left leg is a lasting reminder of a mortar blast he suffered while on patrol in Iraq.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2013 @ 1:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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If chronic poverty were easy to prevent, it wouldn't have become chronic in the first place.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 @ 10:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Riverside restaurant opens its doors to crowds of patient patrons
Published: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 @ 10:02 pm
By: BCN
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