Fatal overdose leads to four arrests in Red Hook
This investigation was initiated by two drug overdoses on April 21 in the Town of Red Hook, one of which resulted in a fatality.
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We can’t arrest our way out of the opioid crisis
Ulster County sheriff candidate Juan Figueroa says if elected, he’ll take a different approach to the opiate crisis.
Saugerties holds overdose prevention training Feb. 26
Saugerties Police will distribute overdose prevention kits and teach attendees how to use them Feb. 26 at the Senior Center, 207 Market St., from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Woodstocker Arya Nielsen help effect shift away from opioids
Using acupuncture instead of narcotics.
Opiate crisis: Overdose prevention training classes spring up across Hudson Valley
First responders are saving multiple lives a month. By distributing Narcan to the public and providing training, a new program hopes to save even more.
The landscape of despair
The Catskills mark the northern edge of Appalachia, a region with a 37 percent higher mortality rate for “diseases of despair”—suicide, alcohol and drug overdose—than the rest of the country.
Fighting Heroin Festival in Saugerties Saturday, August 5
The intention of festival organizers is to bring awareness to the growing heroin and opiate epidemic in the Hudson Valley.
Woodstock continues struggle with heroin, but there is cause for hope
In late 2015 and early 2016, the Woodstock community was shocked into action by a string of drug-related deaths of young people. Since then, progress has been made on enforcement and treatment. But the problem is persistent.
Woodstock Outreach Program offers help to addicts
Nearly a year after it was announced, Woodstock’s program to help people overcome substance abuse has helped pave the road to recovery in place of a life of arrests and incarceration.
Statistics shed light on opioid OD’s but aren’t complete
A new report attempts to provide a snapshot of Ulster County’s raging heroin epidemic. But law enforcement officials conceded this week that collecting data remains a work in progress and the report likely undercounts the true toll of opioid abuse in the region.