The Mental Health Association of Nassau County is hosting their inaugural Overdose Prevention & Awareness Walk Saturday, Oct. 8 at Jones Beach State Park Field 5.
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By Alexa Anderwkavich
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10/7/22
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A Merrick pain doctor, Michael Belfiore, 58, was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of selling opioid prescriptions to patients . . .
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12/23/21
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Taxes, property assessments, crime and schools were top concerns for Long Island politicians in the Nov. 2 elections. Both Democrats and Republicans tried to persuade voters that . . .
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By Martine Hackett
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12/2/21
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I didn’t attend many funerals in my childhood. One that I recall was for the father of a close childhood friend.
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By Andrew Malekoff
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5/3/19
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When Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder found out that East Meadow had the second-highest rate of drug overdoses in the county, he was shocked, he said.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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3/29/18
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Nassau County officials are fighting the opioid scourge by targeting the communities that are most affected — and East Meadow is second on the county’s list.
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By Brian Stieglitz
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3/26/18
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Nassau County police arrested and charged an East Meadow man after they say he sold pills to a woman who overdosed and died.
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2/13/17
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A fatal heroin overdose in Malverne on Dec. 22, and a non-fatal overdose in Valley Stream the next day, led Nassau police to the arrest of four people for the sale and possession of heroin on Monday, Dec. 26 in Port Washington, Valley Stream and Woodside, Queens.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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12/27/16
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Make no mistake about it: Long Island is losing its battle against the heroin and opioid addiction that is plaguing our local neighborhoods. This new war on drugs includes opioid use, which in many cases . . .
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9/15/16
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No one ever likes to lose. Did Ted Cruz and John Kasich enjoy competing for months in a brutal primary, trying desperately to gain delegates before the GOP convention in Cleveland in July, only to have to drop out in May after failing to gain any traction?
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5/19/16
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