While the nation has shifted its attention to combating the coronavirus pandemic, the opioid crisis has not gone away, especially in North Carolina. The Tar Heel state saw a spike in overdoses in the spring and early summer months of the pandemic, due largely in part to stressors caused by COVID-19, such as homelessness and job loss. Preliminary state data from 2020 shows a 23 percent increase in overdose-related emergency room visits over the previous year.

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