Tag: heroin

This investigation was initiated by two drug overdoses on April 21 in the Town of Red Hook, one of which ...

Ulster County sheriff candidate Juan Figueroa says if elected, he’ll take a different approach to the opiate crisis.

Saugerties Police will distribute overdose prevention kits and teach attendees how to use them Feb. 26 at the Senior Center, ...

Using acupuncture instead of narcotics.

First responders are saving multiple lives a month. By distributing Narcan to the public and providing training, a new program ...

The Catskills mark the northern edge of Appalachia, a region with a 37 percent higher mortality rate for “diseases of ...

The intention of festival organizers is to bring awareness to the growing heroin and opiate epidemic in the Hudson Valley.

In late 2015 and early 2016, the Woodstock community was shocked into action by a string of drug-related deaths of ...

Nearly a year after it was announced, Woodstock’s program to help people overcome substance abuse has helped pave the road ...

A new report attempts to provide a snapshot of Ulster County’s raging heroin epidemic. But law enforcement officials conceded this ...

Stats provided by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team show 134 total overdoses last year: 26 fatal and 108 ...

Ulster County DA Holley Carnright quoted Dylan to the legislature as he pled for resources to battle the heroin epidemic. ...

Faced with a spiraling opioid crisis, law enforcement officials in Ulster County are embarking on a major effort to track ...

Portrait of Ryan Kelder, who died of a drug overdose. (photo by David Gordon) “Something went awry very, very fast,” ...

How has the growing heroin epidemic impacted your life? Our community? Calling all folks in recovery, their families and friends ...

Meeting to begin info session for ANGEL program. (photo by Dion Ogust) Community members touched by opiate addiction have searched ...

Police Chief Clayton Keefe. Those confronting their drug addiction will have an angel on their side under a new program ...

Eighty decks of heroin with spoons from the evidence locker at the New Paltz Police Department. (photo by Lauren Thomas) ...

Kasandra Quednau and Shayna Micucci (photo by Dion Ogust) The Rt. 212 Coalition, whose purpose is to link substance abuse ...

“It’s agony, it’s heartbreak, it’s exhaustion. It’s just running around knocking on people’s doors at 7 a.m. looking for your ...