Assemblyman, senator talk drug crisis in Saugerties
“Ulster County has recently been designated by the federal government as a high-intensity drug trafficking area,” state senator George Amedore
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Group plans local needle-exchange, disease-testing and rehab programs
A regional social services group says it’ll provide Ulster County addicts with clean needles, training in the use of anti-overdose
Walking Woodstock: The Flaneur Reflects on the Heroin Crisis
Once, dinosaurs roamed New York. Not long ago they were so numerous herds of them clogged the highways, morning and
Woodstock Writer’s Fest dives into the drug problem
The seventh annual Woodstock Writer’s Festival joins the local dialogue on the drug epidemic, offering inspiration from writers who have
Ryan’s Memorial
I knew that there would be a large group of people at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church this past Saturday,
Shandaken citizens express drug fears to Town Board
The February 29 overdose death of 20-year-old Phoenicia resident Ryan Molnar has jolted Shandaken into an acute awareness of the
Onteora will have Narcan on hand
The Onteora District Board of Education had its first reading on a new policy that would allow the administration of
Tracking the heroin epidemic in Woodstock
A former addict looks at heroin addiction and is shocked by its pervasiveness in Woodstock. “I could never have imagined in 1968, when I was using, just how out of hand the problem has become today,” he writes. It’s hitting the younger generation especially hard. You can see it driving through Woodstock on a nice summer day, says one addict in the story: where you used to see young people hanging out and having fun, now it’s only tourists. Many of those young people are, instead, indoors, in designated shooting galleries.
Rt. 212 Coalition talks insurance in substance abuse treatment
The Rt. 212 Coalition meeting on substance abuse brought out a handful of people on a snowy Tuesday night at
Harrowing tales at Onteora drug forum
A contentious point of debate came during the forum held by the Onteora Central School District at its Middle/High School