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How Did We Get Here? Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Trends

Author(s) -

Leslie Cooley Dismukes

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.79.3.181

Subject(s) - heroin , law enforcement , fentanyl , opioid epidemic , drug trafficking , enforcement , opioid overdose , criminology , medicine , opioid , south carolina , drug overdose , poison control , medical emergency , business , law , psychiatry , political science , drug , public administration , pharmacology , psychology , (+) naloxone , receptor

Illicit heroin and fentanyl are infecting North Carolina's communities, and causing an increasing number of overdose deaths. These trends in drug trafficking and opioid misuse represent a dramatic shift, necessitating a new and coordinated law enforcement response. The North Carolina Attorney General's Office is committed to working toward increased enforcement, prevention, and treatment to address this epidemic.

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