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The Oceanside SAFE Coalition met on Feb. 27 at the Oceanside Library. The group typically meets every third Thursday of the month.

In the years after Alison Eriksen graduated Oceanside High School in 2004, several of her former classmates struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues. Some of them died of overdoses or suicide. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 3/5/20

Signs of hope amid the opioid crisis

"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . . more

12/5/19

Obamacare’s deleterious effect on the war on drugs

Not only is Obamacare a poor health care plan from a policy perspective, but now many doctors and health care professionals believe that it is contributing to one of the worst epidemics facing this nation, our state and Long Island: opioid addiction more

4/21/16

Oceanside resident and recovering heroin addict Steven Dodge spoke to the crowd at the Oceanside Library about how he became addicted.

An education against drugs

Oceanside confronted a serious problem on June 23 with a forum on drug addiction and abuse at the Oceanside Library more

7/8/15

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