Overdoses from heroin, fentanyl and other opioids are the leading cause of accidental death in North Carolina. A new WRAL Raleigh documentary, Finding A Fix, airing tonight at 7 on WRAL and on WRALdocumentary.com, looks at how North Carolina’s efforts to combat opioid addiction have changed and expanded since the station’s looked at the issue in a 2017 documentary.
Overdoses from heroin, fentanyl and other opioids are the leading cause of accidental death in North Carolina.
“It’s a catastrophe. It’s heartbreaking. Every single opioid overdose death is preventable,” said Kurtis Taylor, executive director of the Alcohol and Drug Council of NC.
In 2017, the WRAL original documentary, Searching For A Fix, shared personal stories of families who lost loved ones to overdose and examined the challenges of getting people addicted to opioids into treatment. WRAL is the NBC affiliate in Raleigh owned by Capitol Broadcasting.
The program got more than 320,000 views on YouTube.
The new WRAL documentary, Finding A Fix, airing tonight at 7 on WRAL and on WRALdocumentary.com, looks at how North Carolina’s efforts to combat opioid addiction have changed and expanded in the years since. It also spotlights first responders, activists and key policy makers on the front lines of the epidemic.
Finding A Fix is presented in partnership with More Powerful NC, a campaign created by the North Carolina Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to raise awareness of the scope and danger of the opioid crisis.
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