Name: Deadly overdoses up 8%, leaving NC on track to surpass 2021 record
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Description: Deadly drug overdoses and poisonings have increased 8% from June of 2021, putting North Carolina on track for its deadliest year of overdoses in state history.

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AGE GROUPS. THEY COULD BE ENCOURAGED ONLY FOR OLDER ADULTS OR THOSE AT HIGHER RISK. NEW NUMBERS SHOWING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS GETTING WORSE HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. OVERDOSES ARE UP 8% SO FAR THIS YEAR, PUTTING THE STATE ON TRACK TO SURPASS LAST YEAR'S ALARMING RECORD. HIGH WRAL'S JOE FISHER REPORTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW FUNDING THOUGH WILL BE HELPING TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS ALL DAY LONG, BUT THE REALITY HERE >> IS THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING. KIDS ARE DYING AND BEHIND ALL OF THE STATISTICS, THERE ARE STORIES OF HEARTBREAK HAPPENING. EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> AND IT'S THE HEART IS SAMANTHA DIAZ, HIS FATHER, JOHN DIAZ, AND HIS BEST FRIEND WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE THIS HOME LAST WEEK IN HOLLY SPRINGS. WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS COCAINE, SHE SAYS, TURNED OUT TO BE STRAIGHT FENTANYL. I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GETTING IT, BUT IT BEATS TO STOP BECAUSE IT IS HURTING. >> I JUST MY FAMILY AND THEIR FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD. AND I THINK ABOUT THE KID I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY. THEY HAVE A GOOD THING TO KNOW IS 50 TO 100 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN MORPHINE. AND IT'S OFTEN CUT INTO OTHER DRUGS. >> DAVID MARIJUANA IS BEING LACED WITH THIS. SO JUST STAY AWAY. JUDGE PERIOD. A NEW REPORT SHOWS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. >> LAST YEAR, THE NEARLY 4,000 OVERDOSE DEATHS, 80% INVOLVED. FENTANYL POISONING SO FAR THIS YEAR, DEADLY OVERDOSES ARE UP 8% WITH MORE THAN 1700 DEATHS SINCE JANUARY. WE'VE NOT DONE ENOUGH TO HAVE AN IMPACT WITH OPIOIDS WOULD NOT DO ENOUGH TO HAVE AN IMPACT WITH SUBSTANCES OVERALL. >> BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE HAVE MODUCATI AWARENESS. JOYCE HARPER IS CEO OF FREEDOM, HOUSE RECOVERY CENTER IN CHAPEL HILL. THIS MONTH. THE STATE AWARDED THEM $800,000 TO EXPAND A PROGRAM THAT HELPS INCARCERATED PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS AS THEY COME OUT OF JAIL. AS OF THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO EXPAND IT SO THAT WE CAN ADD HELPING INDIVIDUALS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND HELPING THEM WITH HOUSING BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR RECOVERY. HARPER SAYS ADDICTION IS A DISEASE AND IT'S TREATABLE. BUT RIGHT NOW FENTANYL IS MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE LIKE JOHN DIAZ TO BEAT THE ODDS. >> HE WAS A VERY GOOD HEARTED PERCENT. IT WAS THAT THAT ARE STAGES HE HAD. AND WHEN IT IS, I'M JOE FISHER, WRAL NEWS. >> IN TOTAL, THE STATE AWARDED 16 MILLION DOLLARS THIS MONTH TO 20 ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPAND TREATMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION, STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ADMIT MONEY ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE THIS ISSUE. THEY SAY PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT

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