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Carteret County post‑overdose response team reports large declines in overdoses and emergency visits
Summary
County-funded post‑overdose response team said it reached more than 500 people over two years and reported a 77% drop in overall overdose deaths and a 52% drop in emergency‑department overdose visits since 2022.
Brooke Lane, the county’s post‑overdose response team lead, told the Carteret County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 18 that the team has connected hundreds of residents to treatment and community services and that county overdose indicators have fallen sharply since the program began.
Lane said the team — funded through opioid settlement money — “helped 400 or 521 total clients in Carter County in the last 2 years” and has a 96% contact rate for referrals and overdose follow‑ups. She told the board the program distributed “over 1,800 Naloxone doses in the community,” conducted thousands of follow‑up tasks and…
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