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A Naloxone Hydrochloride injection, better known as Narcan, reverses a heroin overdose by blocking opioid receptors in the brain.
Fighting the heroin battle
Long Island, and Nassau County specifically, has been facing a drug crisis for the last decade. With narcotics pervasive in the streets in large quantities and at cheap prices, people of all ages are taking to drugs. more
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Obamacare’s deleterious effect on the war on drugs
Not only is Obamacare a poor health care plan from a policy perspective, but now many doctors and health care professionals believe that it is contributing to one of the worst epidemics facing this nation, our state and Long Island: opioid addiction more
The Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps helped two victims who overdosed from heroin in separate incidents on Dec. 14.
Rescue corps saves two with Narcan
Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps first responders used Narcan, the opioid overdose antidote, to revive two victims on Dec. 14 in unrelated incidents. more
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
Police rescue two women suffering from heroin overdoses
Police officers from Nassau County’s 1st Precinct saved two women, both in their 50s, who were found in a car on Horatio Avenue in Merrick on Sept. 1, unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from heroin overdoses. The officers administered the life-saving drug Narcan, which revives a heroin user suffering from an overdose. more
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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
The Capri Motor Inn, located on Freer Street in Lynbrook, was the site of the village’s latest heroin overdose, the fourth since the beginning of the year.
Combating a local heroin epidemic
Last weekend, heroin took the life of someone in the Village of Lynbrook for the fourth time in 2015 when a 50-year-old man died of an overdose inside the Capri Motor Inn on Freer Street. … more
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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
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Oceanside to host overdose prevention seminar
To help save lives and combat the heroin epidemic, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced on September 29 several free overdose prevention seminars for residents, including one that will be hosted by Oceanside Middle School on Thursday, Nov. 20. more
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
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