Community-based intervention for opioid addiction in NC faces cuts by Trump administration
Wilkes County ‘Recovery Court’ funding sliced
Recovery Court is a tool in the justice system for nonviolent drug offenses. In many places, including some in North Carolina, it’s a way to offer “services, treatment and the potential to avoid prison.” A plan for a recovery court in Wilkes County was set to go forward with federal funding, until the Trump White House rescinded it.
Geoff Hing, data reporter The Marshall Project
Community-based opioid treatment program Project Lazarus
Opioid deaths appear to be on a downward trend in the U.S. for the first time in a decade. One community model has…
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