Tag: opiate addiction

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

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.

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

For the second time in just over a week, Saugerties Police called to respond to a report of an unconscious ...

Saugerties Police revived a 37-year-old Saugerties man this morning, likely saving his life.

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

Efforts to offer needle exchange and other “harm reduction” services to addicts in Ulster County are stalled, organizers say, because ...

A regional social services group says it’ll provide Ulster County addicts with clean needles, training in the use of anti-overdose ...

I knew that there would be a large group of people at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church this past Saturday, ...

Kasandra Quednau A contentious point of debate came during the forum held by the Onteora Central School District at its ...

The Rte. 212 Coalition held its second meeting February 9 at Bread Alone. (photo by Dion Ogust) The Rt. 212 ...

(Photo by KJ Garbutt) Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said that he would continue to resist calls for a dedicated drug ...

Aidan Ferris and Rachel Marco-Havens. Graduation from college with sky-high debt and few available jobs. The risk that fracking or ...

Heroin addicts put their syringes in trees to keep anyone from stepping on them. (Photo: Thomas Marthinsen via Flickr) Local ...

(Will Dendis) You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Drug addiction is famously difficult ...

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