Wilmington leaders accept grant to help overdose survivors, hold off on land...
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – Wilmington city leaders have accepted half a million dollars in grant money to begin a pilot project to help keep former opiate and heroin addicts safe and clean. The grant...
View ArticleQuick Response Team has helped more than 50 overdose survivors in six months
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The opioid epidemic continues to destroy the lives of people across the Cape Fear region, but Coastal Horizons is putting their team to work. Since it formed five months ago,...
View ArticleHow proposed legislation could extend funding for opioid treatment
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A pilot project in Wilmington created to combat the opioid crisis could receive more funding, thanks to a new bill filed in the State House. The Quick Response Team was started...
View ArticleWPD: Spike in reported heroin overdoses in last month
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington Police say there have been dozens of heroin overdoses in just one month, and eight of them were fatal. WPD responded to 40 overdoses in the past 30 days, and that’s...
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