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The City of Wilmington-New Hanover County joint committee met on Tuesday to discuss how to allocate about $7 million of the opioid settlement money. The topics of discussion ranged from questions over the efficacy of the D.A.R.E program, the latest county statistics on the crisis, and the presence of illicit drug markets.
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Local experts mainly attribute the rise in opioid overdose rates to two culprits: the introduction of illicit fentanyl and the isolating nature of the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, and the judicial system are trying to reach more people with an array of treatment modalities, including medically-assisted therapies or MAT.
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At Monday's August 24th meeting, the County Commissioners approved a mask mandate for all county buildings and voted to purchase equipment for the…