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Department of Health Offers Dope Advice
(From \'Take Charge, Take Care\') The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene printed about 70,000 copies of a guide to safe heroin use called 'Take Charge, Take Care.' The New York City-funded booklet...
View ArticleHeroin Use is Up Among NJ Youth
Heroin use is on the rise among New Jersey’s youth, particularly in suburban areas. The number of people between the ages of 18 and 25 admitted to treatment centers for heroin addiction has increased...
View ArticleOfficials Crack Multistate Heroin Network
Federal and state officials in New Jersey say they've cracked a major heroin network that was supplying dealers in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey...
View ArticleFrom Russia with Love (And Heroin)
Journalist Brian Krebs has been writing about computer security for years, much to the chagrin of the online fraudsters and identity thieves he reports upon. He often finds himself on the receiving end...
View ArticleJudge Reinstates Teacher Caught with Heroin; City Appeals
The city says it will appeal a judge's ruling that a teacher caught carrying heroin should be allowed to go back to workDamian Esteban, who taught at the Williamsburg High School for Architecture and...
View ArticleStaten Island Blues Live Chat
On Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013, young people will come together online to discuss the prescription drug abuse epidemic. This live chat will allow teens from hot spots around the country to talk about...
View ArticleHeroin: A Growing Epidemic Spreads Across the United States
The death of actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman has brought an epidemic to light. According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the number of people aged 12 years or older who identified as...
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Why Is Staten Island NYC's OD Capital?
The death on Sunday of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought attention to a surge in heroin use and overdose deaths. After more than 20 years of sobriety, Hoffman reportedly began using heroin last...
View ArticleReveal
Reveal pulls back the curtain on what governments, businesses and communities are doing behind the scenes to solve problems often outside of the national spotlight. On this episode of Reveal, host Al...
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The Way to Curb Overdose Deaths, One Spray at a Time
Remember that scene in the movie "Pulp Fiction" when the John Travolta character plunges a syringe full of adrenaline into the chest of Uma Thurman, who is overdosing? It turns out a real heroin...
View ArticleNJ Overdose Crisis
Fatal drug overdoses in New Jersey have risen to more than one per day. Frank Greenagel, addiction and recovery treatment counselor, chair of the task force established by the Governor's Council on...
View ArticleTask Force to Address Opiates 'Epidemic'
A legislative task force in New York is taking a look at ways to address the dramatic rise in heroin and prescription opiates abuse.Suffolk County State Senator Phil Boyle is chairman of the bipartisan...
View ArticlePrions, Parents, Food Markets and the Heroin Market
On today's show: Nobel Prize-winning neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner talks about how he discovered prions, the infectious proteins in the brain that are responsible for scrapie and mad cow disease....
View ArticleThe Return of Heroin
The amount of heroin coming in and out of New York City has soared to levels not seen since 1991. New York Times reporter J. David Goodman and Buzzfeed contributor John Knefel talk about what’s driving...
View ArticleNY Senate Task Force Moves to Attack Heroin Epidemic
A Republican-led Senate task force has released a package of bills aimed at combating the growing problem of heroin addiction in New York.The bills would require schools to carry supplies of Naloxone,...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Heroin Arrests
If you want to buy heroin in North Jersey you go to Paterson – a largely low-income city with high crime.“Heroin is being sold right across the street and we’re only a block away from the county jail,”...
View ArticleA Call for Broader Attack on Heroin in NY
New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to combat a rise in heroin use doesn't go far enough, according to advocates who represent programs for substance abusers.Last week, the Governor announced he's...
View ArticleAs Senate Session Ends, Battles Continue
New York's legislative session comes to a close Thursday, and there's still plenty of unfinished business, including legislation that would legalize medical marijuana, address the growing heroin...
View ArticleCuomo Approves Bills to Combat Heroin, but not Medical Marijuana
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have settled on a package of bills that they say will stem heroin addiction in New York. But they remain divided over a bill to legalize medical marijuana,...
View ArticleNew York State Has Second-Lowest Painkiller Prescription Rate in the Country
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control says that efforts by New York State to curb prescription drug abuse seem to be working. According to 2012 data, New York State had the second-lowest...
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