"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . .
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12/5/19
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New York, along with the rest of the nation, is in the middle of a deadly opioid epidemic. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the average life expectancy of Americans continued a three-year decline driven by deaths from overdoses. The rate of overdose deaths involving opioids other than methadone increased by 45 percent from 2016 to 2017.
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1/18/19
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The state comptroller has found that Medicaid patients in treatment for opioid addiction are being prescribed opioids outside of the programs, because of lax monitoring by health officials and prescribers.
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit of state opioid treatment programs on Nov. 26, and shared his concerns with the Department of Health.
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By Frank Luisi
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12/13/18
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New York state will soon begin implementing changes that will alter the way drinking water is protected and monitored for the better.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/1/17
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Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead are in a state of moderate fiscal stress, the state’s second-highest fiscal stress rating, according to a report by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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10/3/16
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Bellmore-based Pride for Youth, a leader in HIV prevention on Long Island since 1993, has launched a ground-breaking PrEP Assessment and Monitoring Program for young gay and bisexual (trans-inclusive) men, through age 30. Supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Health, the program is the first of its kind on Long Island.
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3/25/15
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Nearly five months after the second-deadliest school shooting in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the Nassau County Board of Cooperative Educational Services unveiled a high-tech surveillance center in Westbury that will allow police and security officials to monitor school video feeds 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/23/13
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