Hitting Home: The Opioid Crisis in North Carolina

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein says he wants additional staff for his office to combat fentanyl trafficking and to solve longstanding sexual assault crimes through creating special units within the state Department of Justice.

Only the person who has overdosed and the person who calls for help are shielded from most prosecutions for substance possession. Sometimes even those people find themselves in legal jeopardy. A new bill would provide protection for everyone at a scene from arrest and from prosecution for nonviolent offenses.

State lawmakers have introduced a bill that would implement stiffer penalties for people who distribute drugs that result in another person's death.At the…

A national health insurer is pledging to help North Carolina fight the opioid epidemic.The Aetna Foundation announced Tuesday it's giving $1 million…

Governor Roy Cooper is taking a leadership role in North Carolina - and in the country – in addressing the opioid crisis. He was one of six members of…

Samantha Morgan has been in an on-and-off relationship with sobriety for the majority of her life. When she was 12, she was homeless and living on the…

Jeffrey Halbstein-Harris had already beat addiction twice by the time he was in his 30s. But a doctor assured him that the opioids he was prescribing for…

Jeffrey Halbstein-Harris had already beat addiction twice by the time he was in his 30s. But a doctor assured him that the opioids he was prescribing for…

It’s a cold January morning in High Point as Governor Roy Cooper climbs into a white SUV. Guilford County EMS worker Chris Wilson drives through the…

Steve Pollard lives in Jackson Springs. It's in rural North Carolina near Pinehurst. About five years ago, Pollard hurt his back while on the job for a…