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Last week we highlighted some of the work we think the New York Senate and Assembly have left incomplete as they head toward the end of this legislative session on June 19.
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6/12/14
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Although the crime rate continues to drop in Wantagh and Seaford, police remain concerned about an upswing in heroin use, said Police Inspector Joseph Barbieri of the Seventh Precinct.
At a …
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By Laura Schofer
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6/10/14
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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.
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4/24/14
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An increase in heroin use is contributing to an uptick in burglaries throughout the 7th Precinct, police said at a recent community forum in Seaford. Opiate addiction, in particular heroin but also …
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By Laura Schofer and Michael Ganci
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4/15/14
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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 …
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By Anishaa Kumar
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3/27/14
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Like a tsunami, a great social and cultural wave is moving west to east in this country, favoring the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana.
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1/16/14
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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 …
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By John Maher
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10/2/13
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