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Opioid Crisis Requires New Approaches to Prescription Opioid Management

To address the U.S. opioid epidemic, policies and guidelines have focused primarily on reducing opioid prescribing and restricting supply. Accordingly, opioid prescribing decreased 38% in the past decade. Nevertheless, fatal opioid overdoses actually increased 300% during that period. The U.S.
N.C. Court of Appeals building in Raleigh. Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal

N.C. Court of Appeals building in Raleigh. Photo by Maya Reagan, Carolina Journal

Opportunity Scholarship supporters seek three-judge panel to review lawsuit

Parents supporting North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to review a lawsuit challenging the scholarships. A motion filed in the N.C. Court of Appeals this month seeks to have the case transferred away from a single trial judge.
Judge Graham Shirley, Wake County Superior Court. (Image from livestream)

Judge Graham Shirley, Wake County Superior Court. (Image from livestream)

Lawsuit challenging N.C. redistricting process thrown out

A Wake County Superior Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that was filed against the state’s election redistricting process. The suit alleged that the General Assembly violated previous court precedents governing how election maps should be drawn.
Birds Eye Broccoli Tots in 12 ounce packages with specific best buy dates.

Birds Eye Broccoli Tots in 12 ounce packages with specific best buy dates.

Conagra Brands Issues Voluntary Recall Of Certain Birds Eye Broccoli Tots® Due To Potential Presence Of Small Rocks And Metal Fragments In Product NOV 19, 2021, 18:07 ET Conagra Brands Issues Voluntary Recall Of Certain Birds Eye Broccoli Tots® Due To Pot

Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), is voluntarily recalling Birds Eye Broccoli Tots in 12 ounce packages with specific best buy dates due to the potential presence of small rocks and metal fragments in the product. Conagra Brands was made aware of this issue through calls from consumers.
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Officials Warn of Travel Delay in Western N.C.

Digital signs posted several counties away are warning of delays on Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge. They will be in place this week and for the next six months as a contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation replaces a bridge on I-40 over Harmon Den Road and Cold Springs Creek.