Tag: Health

A Place To Land: Why Older Teens Need Foster Families

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Sponsored- Across North Carolina, thousands of children rely on foster families for safety and stability. Yet one group often waits the longest for a home: older teens. Typically defined as youth between 13 and 17, older teens in foster care are often overlooked by prospective foster parents who feel more comfortable caring for younger children. Approximately 2,300 teens in North Carolina’s foster care system are waiting for adoption1, often facing
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‘Blue pill’ overdoses alarm South Carolina health officials

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Fake blue pain pills — laced with cocaine, meth or fentanyl — are showing up in alarming numbers in South Carolina, health officials said. About 500 people have overdosed from the little blue pill that’s a counterfeit of Roxicodone, according to South Carolina’s Opioid Emergency Response Team. Many of the cases involved people ages 20 to 29. Roxicodone is an opioid that’s prescribed to treat pain. The pills are also
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