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Tag: Opioids

02.15.2022 News

Police say no opioids, fentanyl involved in unrelated cases involving high school students

Opioids or fentanyl were not responsible for the suspected overdoses at Riverhead High School that resulted in two students receiving Narcan in a one-week span, according to Riverhead Town...

12.03.2021 News

Federal grand jury indicts Riverside man for selling fentanyl-laced cocaine and heroin

A previously convicted drug dealer twice sold cocaine laced with fentanyl near his home in Riverside in purchases made this fall as part of a joint investigation by federal...

07.22.2021 Government

Overdose deaths down locally this year as numbers soared nationally in 2020

Opioid deaths in Southold and Riverhead towns from Jan. 1 to date amount to a number both towns’ police chiefs hope will stay the same in the coming weeks....

07.07.2021 Health

New approach to opioid treatment as Quannacut joins national study

Treatment for patients struggling with opioid addiction is often a multi-faceted approach. Medication can help ease the patient’s symptoms of withdrawal and cravings. And the counseling portion of treatment...

04.01.2021 COVID-19

During COVID, another crisis continued: opioids

Over the past year, as the COVID-19 pandemic claimed lives and sent thousands to hospitals and into ICUs, another epidemic was also raging. Opioids.  While experts say the opioid...

10.21.2020 Government

DA: Suffolk County Legislator arrested for attempting to trade drugs for sex

A Suffolk County Legislator was arrested Tuesday after he attempted to trade prescription opioids for sexual favors with an undercover police officer posing as a prostitute, Suffolk County District...

11.21.2019 Government

Riverhead, Southold to join local municipalities in opioid lawsuit

Officials in Riverhead and Southold both took steps this week to appoint special counsel in connection with an opioid lawsuit.

07.28.2019 Editorials

Editorial: These massive numbers should anger everyone

From 2006 to 2012, manufacturers shipped 76 billion opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. More than 3.3 billion were shipped to New York State during that period. Of that total,...

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