Tag: heroin

The Saugerties School Board approved stocking Narcan, which can protect against overdoses of opioids, and albuterol, an asthma remedy, at ...

William Tyler at BSP. (Photo: missmagpi) "I'm in a rather ambiguous position, an ex-rock musician who did a lot of ...

Narcan administration demo For the second time in less than three weeks, Saugerties first-responders resuscitated the victim of a drug ...

Police Chief Joseph Sinagra (Photo by David Gordon) Saugerties police responded to a 911 call for an overdose at 20 ...

Despite some recent incidents, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra says the community does not have a growing heroin problem. “In ...

Mobile Life’s Steve Helsley demonstrates how Narcan is administered (photo by Phyllis McCabe) Police administered an anti-overdose drug to a ...

Mobile Life’s Steve Helsley demonstrates how Narcan is administered (photo by Phyllis McCabe) It’s a situation that plays out almost ...

Mobile Life’s Steve Helsley demonstrates how Narcan is administered nasally. (Phyllis McCabe) It’s a situation that plays out almost daily ...

Lauri Rantala A huge increase in heroin use has been reported throughout the Northeast. Anecdotal evidence suggests Saugerties too has ...

(Will Dendis) The following article was originally published April 17, 2014.  The sharp increase in the use of prescription opiates ...

Photo by gackmc Police and substance abuse professionals say that heroin, which in recent years has taken a backseat to ...