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Opioid Crisis Requires New Approaches to Prescription Opioid Management

News Staff
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
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

News Staff
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
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

News Staff
Friday, December 3, 2021
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.