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Substance-abuse experts say the legalization of marijuana in Colorado is making drug education more difficult. Many teens, they say, now underestimate the dangers that the drug presents.

Drug education getting tougher in Nassau County after budget cuts

With heroin claiming the lives of hundreds in Nassau and Suffolk counties over the past two years, police are stepping up enforcement measures. In February, nine were arrested in the so-called … more

By Anishaa Kumar | 3/27/14

We need to give teens options

The murder of Lauren Daverin-Gresham in Rockville Centre late last month once again pointed up a recurring problem: We often overlook our teenagers. more

9/12/13

An alternative to the after-prom bacchanal

From time to time, I wonder what happened to Kiki. I interviewed her at a pizzeria in downtown Merrick in June 2004. At the time, she was 16 and a Calhoun High School junior. And she drank –– a lot. more

6/13/13

Brain Trust and Justin Neugeboren entertained the crowd at the Community Wellness Council’s first battle of the bands fundraiser to support the substance-free Midnight Madness post-prom party.

Bellmore-Merrick musicians rock out to benefit Midnight Madness post-prom party

With a diverse lineup of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School district students, alumni and musicians from throughout Nassau County, more than a dozen bands battled it out at the Brookside School last week at a Bellmore-Merrick Community Wellness Council event that raised more than $2,500 for the council’s annual Midnight Madness drug- and alcohol-free post-prom party. more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/23/13

Teens must learn that they shouldn't drink

It’s impossible to know what cure will go undiscovered, what useful invention never devised, what art uncreated, what science unimagined, what wisdom unuttered because a boy’s or girl’s potential was submerged in vodka bottles or drowned in cans of beer. more

4/18/13

Linda Mangano, at lectern, the wife of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, joined by Dr. Jeff Reynolds, second from left, executive director of Long Island Council of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, promoted Narcan training programs.

Hoping to save lives

It’s a situation no one ever envisions: caring for someone — stranger or friend — who overdoses on drugs or loses consciousness after drinking. more

By David Weingrad | 2/27/13

The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.

Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic

They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 1/12/12

Meryl Camer, center, program director for the Valley Stream-based Peninsula Counseling Center, said teens will listen to adults about drugs if they are shown respect and given objective information. Camer is joined here by John Kastan, PCC's executive director, and Lois Goldsmith, its associate director.

Stopping kids from doing heroin

Final part in a series. Why does anyone -- let alone a young person full of life -- start snorting or shooting heroin, an opiate known to cause near-instant addiction and possibly a lifetime of suffering? more

Scott Brinton | 8/17/10

Sen. Fuschillo gets $250K for blood alcohol testing vehicle

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey unveiled the county's latest weapon to combat drunken driving this past w more

7/8/10

A scene from last year's post-prom party, which attracted more than 200 Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District students.

Central's post-prom party a growing success

For Bellmore-Merrick seniors, prom is just around the corner, and for those students who still haven't made plans for what to do after the prom on June 24, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Wellness Council has the answer. more

Deirdre Krasula | 6/15/10

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