Senate Bill 544: Establish Non-Opioid Treatment Alternatives. By Seth Hurley December 2nd, 2019 Abstract Senate Bill 544 aims to provide improved access to non-opioid treatment alternatives for pain. Opioids are very effective pain relievers; however, they also have additional negative side-effects. Over-prescription and reliance on opioids for pain management has led to a nation-wide opioid…
Category: briefs
House Bill H318: Opioid Prescription and Treatment Opt Out Act. By Seth Hurley 28 October 2019 Abstract The Opioid Prescription and Treatment Opt Out Act allows individuals to voluntarily opt out of receiving opioid medications. The bill was drafted in response to over-prescription of opioids in North Carolina. Prescription opioid medications have an addiction potential…
mental health
briefsBy Rachel Haake 7 August 2019 Abstract The School-Based Mental Health bill responds to the growing incidence of youth suicide in North Carolina, which has nearly doubled in the last ten years and has become the second leading cause of death for children ages 10-17. The bill requires schools to implement school-based mental health plans…
enviornment
briefsBy Josh Frost 2 November 2018 Abstract PFAS are chemicals in many products which accumulate in the environment and in humans, potentially causing adverse health effects. Two companies in North Carolina have been found to be contaminating the Cape Fear River with GenX, a PFAS. The Legislative Response to Emerging Contaminants strengthens pollutant regulations, as…
opioid
briefsBy Josh Frost 24 October 2018 Abstract The STOP Act of 2017 aims to curtail North Carolina’s opioid crisis, which claimed greater than 12,000 lives between 1999 and 2016. The STOP Act limits who can prescribe opioids and how many opioids can be prescribed at one time. In addition, all narcotic prescriptions must be…
opioid
briefsBy Josh Frost 24 October 2018 Abstract The HOPE Act responds to the growing crisis of opioid addiction in North Carolina, which claimed over 12,000 lives between 1999 and 2016. The act creates a “certified diversion investigator” to aid law enforcement in drug crime investigations. The investigator is given access to prescription records during…