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Henderson County will receive $8.9 million for substance abuse programs from the settlement of lawsuits against drug makers that produced and marketed highly addictive painkillers. Read Story »
Tags: drugs | opioid abuse | substance abuse
A Hendersonville woman was charged with possession of 5 pounds of cocaine, 350 Oxycodone tablets and other drugs and jailed under a $1.46 million bond after detectives made a traffic stop on May 22. Read Story »
Tags: opioid abuse | drug trafficking
The Henderson County Health Department is among 23 local health departments in North Carolina that will receive a share of a $2.1 million award annually for up to three years to implement high-impact, community-level strategies to address the opioid crisis, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced. Read Story »
Tags: opioid abuse
Ryan Hampton, advocate, author and champion for the recovery movement across America, will keynote the community's second annual examination of the opioid addiction problem at 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Blue Ridge Community Conference Hall at BRCC, HopeRx announced in partnership with Henderson County Board of Commissioners, Advent Health and Pardee UNC Health. Read Story »
Tags: HopeRx | opioid abuse
In a second day of testimony in a zoning hearing for a drug treatment facility, First Contact Ministries officials and other witnesses explained how the facility would operate and offered assurances that it would not pose a threat to surrounding residents. Read Story »
Tags: disruptive land uses | opioid abuse | First Contact Ministries | Mud Creek Baptist Church | Greg Mathis | Craig Halford
Tags: disruptive land uses | opioid abuse | First Contact Ministries
A full house is expected Wednesday night when supporters and opponents of a drug rehab center across from Mud Creek Baptist Church make their case to the Henderson County Zoning Board of Adjustment. Read Story »
Tags: opioid abuse | First Contact Ministries | Mud Creek Baptist Church
A ministry of Mud Creek Baptist Church has applied for a special-use permit to build a 42-bed residential treatment facility on Erkwood Drive across from the church. Read Story »
Tags: opioid abuse | First Contact Ministries | Mud Creek Baptist Church
Tags: opioid abuse | nimby nation | First Contact Ministries | Mud Creek Baptist Church | Greg Mathis | Craig Halford
Tags: opioid abuse | nimby nation | First Contact Ministries | Mud Creek Baptist Church