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,...
03.29.2019 Police FBI: Five suspects charged for trafficking opioids, cocaine in Riverhead area Five people were indicted in federal court Thursday for trafficking heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in the Riverhead area, federal prosecutors said.
03.29.2019 Health State amends opioid lawsuit filed in Suffolk County The New York State Attorney General’s office said Thursday it has expanded a lawsuit previously filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court against the makers of opioid narcotics to include...
02.07.2019 Health At ‘Stories from Suffolk’ forum, experts outline plan to reduce opioid deaths Local and state policy makers, health professionals, and others gathered at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on Wednesday for the East End’s...
12.11.2018 Health County getting federal grant funds to fight opioids A $75,000 federal pass-through grant administered by the state health department will help Suffolk County fund a new training program for first responders on the front lines of the...
12.03.2018 Health East End News Project: Despite fewer deaths, opioid epidemic rages Across Suffolk County, 396 opioid-related deaths occurred in 2017 — more than one per day for the year. This year, as of Oct. 1, there have been 171 confirmed...
08.30.2018 Health Experts: opioid crisis was avoidable One company, the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, has played a critical role in instigating an epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States that killed 72,000 Americans last year...
