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Heroin is rampant on Long Island, and the Rockville Centre Police Department is in the middle of fighting the spike in opiate use that has shaken local communities in recent years.
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By Ben Strack
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6/15/17
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About 50 people were trained to use Narcan — an antidote for opioid overdoses — at New Horizon Counseling Center in Valley Stream on June 8.
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By Caroline Ryan
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6/14/17
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An Oceanside man was arrested on Tuesday morning for driving while high after state police observed him driving erratically in a car that was missing two tires.
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5/18/17
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The Rockville Centre Police Department was among the units that helped bust a “large-scale” heroin ring in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn, according to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline …
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By Scott Brinton and Brian Kacharaba
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5/12/17
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“You could ask any police officer, and they’ll tell you that you’re not going to arrest your way out of this,” said Steven Dodge, an Oceanside High School graduate and former drug addict who started the Saving Lives from Addiction through Treatment and Education Project to educate youth about the dangers of substance abuse. “It has to come from every sector of the community. I mean, essentially, that’s what communities are for.”
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By Ben Strack
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5/11/17
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At the Valley Stream Republican Club’s last public meeting of the year on May 1, there was no mention of political subjects, such as the president, Congress or health care reform. In fact, the only reference was when one man questioned Mike Seltzer, a member of the village Fire Department: “What do you think of all these states legalizing marijuana?”
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By Melissa Koenig
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5/10/17
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Fourteen people, including an Elmont man, have been indicted for their alleged roles in running a “large-scale” heroin ring in Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn, according to District Attorney Madeline Singas.
Much of the heroin was sold in Long Beach, Hicksville and Levittown. The Rockville Centre Police Department was among the units that helped bust the ring, Singas said.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/6/17
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A Valley Stream man was sentenced on May 3 for his role in selling heroin laced with fentanyl that was linked to more than half a dozen overdoses in Nassau County — two of which that were fatal, according to a news release from the Nassau County District Attorney.
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By Nick Ciccone
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5/4/17
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An East Rockaway man was arrested for drug possession after selling heroin to a Lynbrook resident who suffered a non-fatal overdose, Lynbrook police said.
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4/27/17
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The East Rockaway Fire Department is sponsoring a training seminar that is open to the public and will teach participants how to help someone combat an opiate overdose by the use of a medication nasal spray called Narcan. The event takes place at the Grant Avenue Firehouse on March 20 from 7 to 9 p.m.
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By Michael Smollins
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3/15/17
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