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Janet Starr of Mercy Medical Center, left, along with Beth Hammerman and Lana Glass of the Rockville Centre Youth Council, listened to advice from the Long Beach Coalition on how to receive a Drug Free Communities Grant.

The Rockville Centre Youth Council held a meeting at the library of South Side High School on Dec. 15 to discuss applying for a Drug Free Communities Grant. These federal grants are meant to help local coalitions reduce substance abuse among young people. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 12/17/14

Elmont man charged with selling heroin with toddler

An Elmont couple was arrested on Nov. 12 for allegedly selling heroin between Sept. 24 and Oct. 2, with four of the transactions occurring in Valley Stream, two of them done with the couple’s … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 11/19/14

Steve Chassman, a former Bellmore resident who graduated from Kennedy High School in 1988, was named executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. on Nov. 3.

Kennedy alumnus named LICADD director

A former Bellmore resident and Kennedy High School alumnus was recently named executive director of one of Long Island’s largest non-profit drug- and alcohol-treatment agencies. Steve Chassman, … more

By Julie Mansmann | 11/13/14

Among the volunteers collecting drugs were Allison Siegel, a Phoenix House social worker; Michael Reid, a Merrick Fire Department volunteer; and Dan Yngstrom, Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg’s aide.

Getting pain pills off the street

A drug take-back event sponsored by the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, the Central High School District and the Heroin Task Force on Sept. 27 yielded more than 200 pounds of medications, representing hundreds, if not thousands, of the opioid prescription pain pills that a growing number of teenagers are abusing, according to Wendy Tepfer, the Parent Center’s executive director. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/1/14

Valley Stream American legion to host overdose response workshop

Valley Stream residents concerned about the rising rates of opioid use and overdoses will have a chance to learn about how to respond in emergency situations. At least 87 people died in Nassau … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 10/1/14

Noor Mayan, of Valley Stream, was charged with selling heroin to a Massapequa woman

Valley Stream man charged with heroin sale

A Valley Stream man is facing three felonies after he was arrested for allegedly selling heroin to a woman in Lynbrook on Sept. 23. Noor Mayan, 30, of Valley Stream, was observed in what was … more

10/1/14

Youth Council teams with LB

The Long Beach Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking received a $27,500 grant to mentor the Rockville Centre Youth Council. The grant came from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. more

9/24/14

Unused and unwanted prescription pain medications should be removed from the home immediately, according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, chief medical officer for the drug-treatment agency Phoenix House.

Nation in crisis: painkiller progression

Patients should stop thinking of powerful pain medications like Oxycontin and Vycodin as slightly stronger versions of Tylenol and Advil. Rather, they should think of them as “heroin pills.” That’s according to Dr. Andrew Kolodny, president of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing and chief medical officer for Phoenix House, a national, nonprofit drug treatment agency. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/18/14

The Rockville Centre Police will be collecting unwanted and unused prescription drugs on Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

RVCPD taking back unwanted prescription drugs

The Rockville Centre Police Department is asking village residents to participate in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RVCPD headquarters located at 34 … more

9/17/14

Wendy Tepfer, front, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, is among the leaders sponsoring the first Bellmore-Merrick Drug Takeback Day on Sept. 27. She was joined at a meeting of the Bellmore-Merrick Heroin Task Force last Friday by, from left, Donna Nogid, legislative assistant to Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg; Pat Gleiberman, young adult librarian at the Bellmore Memorial Library; and Lisa Finn, director of clinical services and community outreach for Phoenix House.

Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center, heroin task force sponsoring drug takeback

Every day, 2,500 teens across the country, ages 12 to 17, get high off prescription drugs, and 70 percent of them obtain their narcotics from family members or friends –– most often by swiping them from bathroom medicine cabinets, according to Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center. more

By Scott Brinton | 9/10/14

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