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On Tuesday, March 27, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion at Serenity House in Concord to meet with local leaders, local officials, law enforcement, health care professionals and members of the community fighting addiction to talk about ways to improve public health response efforts.
Hudson met with Alice Harrison, director of Hope Haven and Serenity House; Alan Thompson, former director of Cabarrus EMS; Maj. Keith Eury with the Concord Police Department; and residents of Serenity House.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - With April being a month of awareness for child abuse prevention, the grandmother of Kilah Davenport - whose death inspired Kilah's Law several years ago - is continuing to put a spotlight on the tough subject.
Leslie Davenport has her days, when dealing with the loss of her granddaughter Kilah nearly four years ago, is just too much to handle.
But she isn't letting that stop the fight.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) notified local high schools he is now accepting entries from all interested Eighth District high school students for the 2018 Congressional Art Competition.
“Every year, I am amazed by the incredible talent of young artists in our district,” he said. “The theme is ‘Hometown,’ and I’m excited to see this year’s entries and showcase what makes our communities so great.”
Concord — On Tuesday, Serenity House in Concord outside of Charlotte opened its doors to policymakers to discuss ways to tackle opioid addiction. In a roundtable with local leaders, Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08) heard from administrators of the substance abuse rehabilitation center on their front-lines perspective.
“Serenity House is a great example of that and a beacon of hope for people struggling with addiction. I’ll continue to support our local experts and work with them and others on the frontlines to confront these challenges in our community,” said Hudson.
CONCORD — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson met with staff members of Serenity House in Concord Tuesday for a roundtable discussion about a nationwide crisis.
The topic was opioid addiction, a problem far too real for Cabarrus County, according to emergency service and law enforcement personnel who attended.
“Last year in Cabarrus County, we has 639 opioid overdoses,” said Alan Thompson, director of Cabarrus Emergency Medical Services. ” … For the last eight months or so, we’ve teetered in the top five (across North Carolina). … Several months, we’ve been No. 1.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08) joined a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis, Tuesday, shortly after voting in favor of the $1.3 trillion spending bill, which includes funds to fight the epidemic.
More than $4 billion goes towards opioid abuse prevention, research and treatment.
Rep. Hudson said there were more than 200 million opioid prescriptions last year, and 92 percent of people did not use their full prescription.
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - Representative Richard Hudson (R-08) says he was ahead of the curve on the opioid crisis because he lives in his district, comes home on the weekends, does the grocery shopping, and talks to people in the district about what's going on. He says that's why he first started working on the problem two years ago.
"It takes such a comprehensive approach to fix this problem, to deal with this crisis," Hudson told WBTV. "Two years ago we passed mental health reform, we also put a billion dollars in prevention and treatment."
The opioid epidemic continues to devastate our country. It doesn’t discriminate between large and small communities or urban and rural ones. It has shoved its way into every corner of America – from Florida to Oregon and every state in between. My home state of North Carolina has four of the top 25 worst cities for opioid abuse in the U.S., and across the nation, the numbers are even more staggering. Last year alone, there were more than 42,000 overdose deaths that involved an opioid.