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<span style="mso-bookmark:x__Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NEWS RELEASE</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:x__Hlk532890118"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For Immediate Release Date: 10/13/22</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Contact: Public Information Office Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919)
560-0020</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">E-mail: </span></b></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">BOCC to Hold Special Session at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 14 for Meeting with AG Stein</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Durham, N.C. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The
Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) have scheduled a Special Session on Friday, October 14, 2022, beginning at 10 a.m. During this meeting, the Board will meet
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein to highlight local efforts to fight the opioid
epidemic.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">The session will be held inside Commissioners Chambers, located on the second floor of the Administration I Building at 200 E. Main Street. Residents
are welcome to attend in person or watch the meeting on the County’s website </span>
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/BOCCdco"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Attorney General Stein was a lead negotiator in securing a $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s
three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson. North Carolina’s local governments have been sent the first and second payments from the settlement. These funds will go toward addressing the opioid
epidemic in communities across North Carolina. In addition to the $26 billion deal, Attorney General Stein also reached three agreements in principle with other drug makers that total more than $7 billion.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Stein will be joined by Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead, Durham County District Attorney Satana
Deberry, and other Durham County officials.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">For more information about the Board of Commissioners’ meetings and agendas, visit
</span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/government/departments-a-e/board-of-commissioners"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">.
For additional information, contact the Durham County Clerk to the Board at (919) 560-0025 or email
</span></span><a href="mailto:clerk@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">clerk@dconc.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk116562302"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">.
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