Multiple times a day, the Buncombe County Emergency Services Department is dispatched to 911 calls for drug overdoses. Nearly all of the overdoses are from opioids — heroin, fentanyl or prescription drugs like OxyContin or Percocet. An average of nine people died from a drug overdose each day in 2020 in North Carolina, the N.C. […]
Community paramedics introduce medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse
