Name: Families of fentanyl victims push NC lawmakers for change
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Description: Families who lost loved ones to opioids are urging North Carolina lawmakers to require all schools to carry naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.

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Families who lost loved ones to opioids are urging North Carolina lawmakers to require all schools to carry naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.

SPEED UP NOW. KAYLEE, THANK YOU. FENTANYL DEATHS ARE ON THE RISE AND IT TOUCHES EVERY CORNER OF NORTH CAROLINA. >> DATA FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOWS 2,838 PEOPLE FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER. 23 OF DIED FROM FENTANYL. THAT'S UP FROM 2,797 DEATHS DURING THAT SAME TIME FRAME IN 2022. WRAL, SHAUN GALLAGHER WAS AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TODAY WHERE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS CAME TO PUSH LAWMAKERS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT OTHER FAMILIES FROM FEELING THEIR PAIN. >> THE THIS PENNIES 50 TIMES LARGER THAN THE AMOUNT OF FENTANYL. WHAT TAKES TO KILL A PERSON AND FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN NORTH CAROLINA, IT REPRESENTS A HOLE IN THEIR HEARTS THAT WILL NEVER BE FILLED. >> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FACE AND THESE NUMBERS THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU ABOUT 2 DOZEN FAMILIES FROM ACROSS THE STATE CAME TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING IN RALEIGH WEDNESDAY. >> PICTURES OF THE FACES OF FENTANYL POISONING A CRISIS THAT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. SHE WAS 22 OF 27 YEARS OLD. WE LOST AND I'M I'M HERE FOR MY HAS BEEN MORE THAN 4300 PEOPLE DIED FROM ALL OPIOID EXPOSURE, INCLUDING FENTANYL IN 2022. THAT 12 PEOPLE A DAY, ONE OF THEM, MY SON WAS JOSHUA MATTHIESEN AND HE WAS 27 TO RESET. FOUND HER SON UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS BEDROOM. ONE MORNING. NEARLY 2 YEARS AGO HE WAS GETTING READY TO COMPLETE SOME TASKS FOR A NEW JOB. SHE SAYS HE TOOK A HALF OF A PILL WITH ROUGHLY 14 TIMES THE LETHAL DOSE OF FENTANYL IN IT ENOUGH TO KILL HIM AND ALL HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS. IT SHOULD BE AN EYE OPENER. JOSH'S SISTER CHELSEA AND HER MOM HAVE CERTAIN NUMBER OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN HARNETT COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE WHEN THEY'RE NOT ALONE, THERE WERE 15 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THERE'S HERE FOR THE RALLY. PART OF THE LIKES THESE BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL ALONE, BUT I HATE THEM. >> I ABSOLUTELY HATE THAT. I HATE THAT. THERE'S ANOTHER MOTHER AND FATHER GOING THROUGH AN UNBREAKABLE BONDS. THESE FAMILIES WILL FOREVER SHARE AS THEY TRY TO BREAK THE STIGMA AROUND FENTANYL EXPOSURE. NOBODY DESERVES THIS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE THIS COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN TO ANYBODY. NOBODY IS SAFE FROM THIS AS SAD AS IT IS. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. >> THE GROUP SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY TALKING TO LAWMAKERS HEAR ABOUT GETTING BOXES OF NALOXONE IN EVERY SCHOOL IN THE STATE AND THEY SAY THEIR CALL TO ACTION WAS WELL RECEIVED A FEEL CONFIDENT LAWMAKERS WILL DO THEIR PART NOW IN USING $350,000 IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN RALEIGH. SHAUN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS. >> OUR WRAL DOCUMENTARY UNIT LOOKED AT THE IMPACT ILLICIT FENTANYL HAS HAD ON FAMILIES. INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY REPORTER KRISTEN SEVERANCE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES FROM AN OVERDOSE. YOU CAN WATCH CRISIS

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Families of fentanyl victims push NC lawmakers for change

Families who lost loved ones to opioids gathered Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to urge North Carolina lawmakers to require all schools to carry naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses.

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Good morning. I'm meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. Saturday is now a wr weather alert day. Our southern counties are in a level two risk for severe storms and we have a level one risk for the rest of the viewing area. Almost all of it timing mid to late afternoon and evening, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes would be the main threat is isolated tornadoes potentially in our southern counties. And those counties are Wayne County, Sampson County, Cumberland County and Hoke County. And then most of the remainder of the viewing area in that level one risk, we could see some wind damage. We take a look at the big picture and we had deadly thunderstorms coming through Houston yesterday and last night, they continued to slide eastward with a lot of scattered severe weather, severe thunderstorms mostly. And you can see where that is now down in the deep south along the Gulf coast. And so that system is headed our way and it will linger around the area through the weekend. Checking out futurecast this morning, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. None of these days today. Tomorrow or Sunday will be a total wash will be dry this morning. There's nine o'clock. After lunchtime we start to see a few isolated storms developing. There's two o'clock, five o'clock again, you can see it's just widely scattered there at five o'clock, seven o'clock, a storm or two, but some heavy rain potentially and some dusty winds. And then tomorrow we have the severe threats Saturday in the morning, 6 a.m. there's 9 a.m. maybe a Sprinkle or two, probably going to be cloudy in the morning, but we're still fairly dry at lunchtime. And then once we get into the mid to late afternoon, that's when we'll have a better chance for storm three o'clock. The showers and storms down south five o'clock around the triangle area and then that continues to lift northward. So not a ton of coverage out there for Saturday, but we do have that potential severe threat in our southern counties. Weather watcher in Sanford. Kristen Cox said this is beautiful sunrise there. You can see some high cloud cover there for us. We're going to see increasing clouds and showers and storms this afternoon. 82 Raleigh 81 Durham, 85 in Fayetteville. And the Mikey meter is sitting at tolerable with a due point of 62. It will be a little higher over the weekend of the showers and storms, but it dips a little bit from Monday and Tuesday with some sunshine and some actually fairly pleasant temperatures. Saturday, the Bin Bay Cultural Arts Festival is happening in downtown Durham. Of course, we do have a level one risk for severe storms in Durham. Not a washout but scattered storms. And the later you wait in the day, the better chance we'll have of seeing some of those thunderstorms. It does look a little drier and quieter for much of next week.

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Good evening. I'm Tina sold in cash with tonight's lottery drugs for Thursday. May 16, 2024. Here we go with the Carolina pick three. Our first winning number one. Second pick 32. 3rd winning number tonight is one and our pick three. Fireball number is also one. Joining me for tonight's drawing is our auditor from the Common and Jones L LP. Now it's time for the Carolina pick for here. We good luck. First winning number eight. Second pick for tonight is four, third pick 40. 4th winning number is one and our pick for fireball number is seven. Let's turn now to the Carolina cash five. If no one matches all five numbers to win the jackpot tonight, tomorrow's top prize is an estimated $120,000. First winning cash 5, 36. That's followed by 43 3rd cash five tonight. 15, 4th winning number five and good luck. Our final winning cash five number tonight is 40. The North Carolina education lottery has contributed over $10 billion to education. Thanks for your support and get the winning numbers every night right here.

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Good afternoon to you. I'm Noah Klein. Welcome to this afternoon. Joining us for Thursday, May 16th 2024. Let's get started. Carolina pick three. That first number is three. The second number is five. The third number is zero. Last number is six. Joining me for this afternoon's draw auditor from mcconnell and Jones. Now, let's with Caroline pick four. That first pick four number is zero zero. Fourth number is six pick where a firewall number is two. The North Carolina Education lottery contributed over $10 million in education. Thank you for your support.

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