Updates
FDA Recommends Concentrated Kratom Be Scheduled As Illicit Substance
The Trump Administration is recommending that a compound called 7-OH be scheduled as an illicit drug, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary recently announced. The compound is a by-produce of the Kratom plant whose ground leaves are sold as a dietary...
Contingency Management for Stimulant Use Disorder and Association With Mortality: A Cohort Study
Stimulant overdose deaths continue to rise, even as opioid overdoses decline—and there are still no FDA-approved medications to treat stimulant use disorder (StUD). The most effective approach, contingency management (CM), uses tangible rewards to encourage...
NIH Study: Opioid Treatment in Jails Saves Lives
A study found that individuals who receive medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated are more likely to continue treatment after release and have a lower risk of overdose, death, and reincarceration. Full article:...
New Report Warns Small Amounts of Alcohol Can Raise Risk of Cancer & Other Serious Health Problems
Federal health officials have withdrawn a government report warning that even small amounts of alcohol could raise the risk of cancer and other serious health problems. The move has sparked tons of debate among researchers, advocacy groups and industry leaders just...
NC Governor Stein Proclaims September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
Governor Josh Stein has proclaimed September as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disoders (FASD) Awareness month to highlight the message that no amount of alcohol is safe during pregnancy. The proclamation coincides with several national FASD awareness month observances that...
Coming Events
NC Statewide Overdose Reports
JUNE 2025
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. This month, due to...
May 2025
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. The IVPB would like to...
April 2025
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths, fentanyl-positive deaths, and provisional data on Emergency Department (ED) visits for overdose reports. The IVPB also recently...
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