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No more delays in distributing opioid settlement funds

With our children back in classrooms and the leaves beginning their autumnal change, the nation is highlighting another vital milestone as we observe September as National Recovery Month. more

By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton | 9/28/23

The Brookside School’s board room was packed last week at the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center’s Narcan Training.

Learn how the Bellmore-Merrick community is combatting the opioid epidemic

In an effort to combat the rising number of overdoses and deaths related to opioids, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center hosted a well-attended Narcan training in partnership with the Tempo Group on Jan. 18. more

By Jordan Vallone | 1/26/23

Signs of hope amid the opioid crisis

"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . . more

12/5/19

Shameful executives and pure corporate greed

Let me get this straight. If a kid has an allergic reaction, his or her parents have to pay an exorbitant price for an EpiPen, something that will save the life of their child, yet a junkie who overdoses receives Narcan for free? more

9/8/16

Singas and Murray aren't just talking about heroin

In many elections, it can be hard to persuade candidates to discuss real issues in anything other than sound bites. Trying to get a straight answer from a politician . . . more

9/24/15

Nassau County faces a real fight against heroin

What’s the biggest concern on Long Island today? Sure, property taxes and quality education are always on everyone’s mind, but right now the heroin epidemic that is threatening members of our community . . . more

5/7/15

Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services had its first nasal Narcan “save” last week when members of a responding crew applied the drug to revive a patient in North Bellmore who was unresponsive. The crew consisted of Brittany Russo, EMT, of Merrick; Canada Schneider, of Baldwin; Lt. Nicole Morelli, EMT, of Wantagh; Ashley Russo, EMT, of Merrick; and Alex Svetlovics, of Merrick.

Local EMS group has first nasal Narcan ‘save’

Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services, - one of only five independent, volunteer ambulance corps in Nassau County, - had what the members of the organization described as their first nasal … more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/15

Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center sponsoring Narcan training

Opioid-based medications and heroin are being abused in epidemic proportions. To combat the large number of Long Islanders dying of heroin and other opioid-related overdoses, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center; the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District; the Bellmore, Merrick, North Bellmore and North Merrick elementary school districts; and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will host a free Narcan training for parents, families and community members. more

3/9/15

Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, LICADD’s director since 2009, said Long Island has “not even turned a corner” in fighting its increasing opiate crisis.

LICADD director to step down

Jeffrey Reynolds, the executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said he will be resigning from the organization at the end of June to become the president and chief executive officer of the Family and Children’s Association, a move that Reynolds said was “the most difficult decision I’ve made in my life.” more

By David Weingrad | 5/28/14

Police: North Merrick teen overdoses on heroin

A North Merrick teenager overdosed on heroin on Thursday, May 15, around 8 p.m., according to officers from the Nassau County Police Department’s 1st Precinct. more

5/16/14

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