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I don’t presume to fully understand heroin addiction. I can’t imagine the demons that lurked in the mind of acclaimed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. I’ve never used heroin, and I never will. more

4/24/14

Felicia Schneberg, director of education and training at the Nassau County Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services, recently showed participants in a Central District seminar how to assemble intranasal inhalers used to administer Narcan, an opioid antidote.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District hosts ‘lifesaving’ seminar

A month ago, Calhoun High School Principal David Seinfeld reached out to Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District officials with a heavy heart. Saul Lerner, the district’s director of health and physical education, said Seinfeld called to say that he was worried because he had recently attended three funerals of former Calhoun students, all of whom had died of heroin overdoses. more

By Julie Mansmann | 4/9/14

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

Long Beach Police Commissioner Michael Tangney, far left, spoke about the growing drug abuse problem in Long Beach.

Local leaders tackle growing heroin problem

There were 35 drug overdoses in Long Beach last year. Six were fatal, and four of those were attributable to heroin. In light of the apparently growing heroin problem on Long Island, the city held … more

By Alexandra Spychalsky | 3/19/14

Police: N. Bellmore man was high on heroin in Southern State hit-and-run

A North Bellmore man drove high on heroin on the Southern State Parkway and struck another vehicle near Newbridge Road without stopping last Friday, according to New York State Police. more

By Julie Mansmann | 3/17/14

It's time to legalize marijuana in New York

Like a tsunami, a great social and cultural wave is moving west to east in this country, favoring the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana. more

1/16/14

A 2009 national survey on drug use found that prescription drugs are the second-most abused type of drug in the U.S.

Prescription drugs are a problem

Prescription drug abuse in the United States has spiked dramatically in the past few years, and Nassau County is no exception. Illegal use of prescription drugs has become so widespread across the … more

By John Maher | 10/2/13

Cops: Two busted for heroin in Merrick

Detectives from the Nassau County Police Department’s Narcotics and Vice Squad arrested two men on Aug. 13 at Lindgren Street and Elsie Avenue in Merrick on charges of heroin possession with the intent to sell. more

8/23/13

Rockville Centre heroin dealer convicted

On June 28, William Green of Old Mill Court pled guilty to several drug related felony charges. Green was sentenced to three years in prison and agreed to the forfeiture of $20,000 cash that was … more

7/10/13

North Merrick mother and son arrested on drug charges

Officers from Nassau County Police Department’s 1st Precinct last night arrested Denise Burke, 49, and her son Jamie Burke, 17, of North Merrick, on charges of heroin possession. more

By Brian Racow, bracow@liherald.com | 4/9/13

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