Deadly overdoses increasing each year in NC, state data shows
FORCIBLY PREVENT THE PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER FROM THEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THE 2020
ELECTION.
>> 11 PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW MANY
PEOPLE OVERDOSED AND DIED IN
NORTH CAROLINA LAST MONTH.
EVERY SINGLE DAY. 11, OUR
ANCHOR CHRIS EVANS, GOOD HAS
THE LATEST NUMBERS FOR NORTH
CAROLINA, INCLUDING FOR OUR
SCHOOLS ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR
HAS DECLARED OVERDOSE AWARENESS
DAY. CHRIS, WE KNOW THESE ARE
NUMBERS TO START TO THINK
ABOUT, RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING
335 PEOPLE.
>> FATALLY OVERDOSED IN NORTH
CAROLINA LAST MONTH. THAT IS AN
INCREASE OF 7% FROM LAST JULY.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS
FURTHER BACK, IT'S EASY TO SEE
HOW QUICKLY THIS EPIDEMIC IS
ESCALATING FALL ALONG BETWEEN
JANUARY FIRST IN JULY 31ST OF
THIS YEAR, 2,481 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED FROM DRUG OVERDOSES IN OUR
STATE. THAT IS NEARLY 12
PEOPLE. EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S UP 3% FROM THE SAME TIME
PERIOD LAST YEAR. BUT WHEN YOU
LOOK BACK TO 2018 FATAL
OVERDOSES ARE UP MORE THAN 70%.
NOW THAT MEANS MORE THAN 1000
MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR
THIS YEAR THAN IT DID 5 YEARS
AGO. NOW WE KNOW THE LIFESAVING
NASAL SPRAY. NARCAN WAS
RECENTLY APPROVED TO BE SOLD
OVER THE COUNTER UNTIL THEN
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND 54
COUNTIES IN OUR STATE HAVE NOR
CAN THAT WILL ACTUALLY GIVE
YOU. ALSO, 85 OF NORTH
CAROLINA'S 115 SCHOOL SYSTEMS
HAVE NARCAN ON SOME CAMPUSES.
AND THE 2020 2021 SCHOOL YEAR,
THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT WE
HAVE DATA FOR NARCAN WAS USED
14 TIMES FOR SUSPECTED
OVERDOSES. SO AGAIN, A LOT OF
NUMBERS HERE, BUT NOT JUST
NUMBERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE
ABSOLUTELY WELL SAID, CHRIS.
JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, WE
LEARN THE CDC ANNOUNCED NEARLY
300 MILLION DOLLARS IN MORE