Ulster County 2016 drug overdoses, by town and gender
Stats provided by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team show 134 total overdoses last year: 26 fatal and 108 non-fatal.
Posts Tagged 'heroin'
Hugh Reynolds: Blowin’ in the wind
Ulster County DA Holley Carnright quoted Dylan to the legislature as he pled for resources to battle the heroin epidemic. “How many deaths will it take ’til he knows that too many people have died?”
Heroin overdoses “out of control” in Ulster, but good stats prove elusive
Faced with a spiraling opioid crisis, law enforcement officials in Ulster County are embarking on a major effort to track and map drug overdoses in the region. “Heroin overdoses are out of control right now,” says District Attorney Holley Carnright.
Speakers at Saugerties drug forum talk about process of recovery
“Something went awry very, very fast,” said Ann Marie D’Aliso, speaking to an audience of about 100 in the Saugerties
Presentation on heroin epidemic in Saugerties
How has the growing heroin epidemic impacted your life? Our community? Calling all folks in recovery, their families and friends
Addict aid program kicks off in Woodstock
Community members touched by opiate addiction have searched for answers, support, and solutions to a multifaceted problem. After months of
Woodstock, local police confront drugs with mercy
Those confronting their drug addiction will have an angel on their side under a new program featuring cooperation between the
Rise of heroin use in New Paltz tied to prescription drug abuse
In some ways, New Paltz might be seen as reflective of the nation as a whole. Classically conservative and liberal
Coalition against substance abuse comes to Saugerties
The Rt. 212 Coalition, whose purpose is to link substance abuse resources along Route 212 in Ulster County, presented speakers
Parenting an addicted child
“It’s agony, it’s heartbreak, it’s exhaustion. It’s just running around knocking on people’s doors at 7 a.m. looking for your kid, and they send you to someone else’s house and someone else’s, and you find out your kid is in Albany …”