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Anthony Trentacosta
Bellmore man charged with drug sale
A 23-year-old Bellmore man was arrested and charged with drug dealing on May 17, according to Nassau County police. more
Members of the Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corp helped to coordinate its first-ever fair last Sunday in celebration of National EMS Week.
A first responder's fair
The Wantagh-Levittown Volunteer Ambulance Corps held its first community fair on May 15 at Island Trees Middle School in Levittown. In honor of National EMS Week, the organization, established in 1956, attracted more than 100 people to the fair to celebrate 60 years of serving the community. more
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A Naloxone Hydrochloride injection, better known as Narcan, reverses a heroin overdose by blocking opioid receptors in the brain.
Fighting the heroin battle
Long Island, and Nassau County specifically, has been facing a drug crisis for the last decade. With narcotics pervasive in the streets in large quantities and at cheap prices, people of all ages are taking to drugs. more
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Seven arrested on drug charges
The Nassau County Police Department, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Agency reported the arrests of several individuals between April 20 and April 23 for drug-related charges. more
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
Curtis Bishop
Bellmore man charged with weapon, drug possession
A Bellmore man was arrested and charged with drug and weapon possession at 10 p.m. last Thursday after he “claimed ownership” of a loaded .25-caliber semi-automatic handgun and a “large quantity of marijuana,” according to Nassau County police. more
At the seminar, John Faulhaber displayed enlarged photos of his son, of the drug that took his life and of Theo in his casket.
Learning from a family’s tragedy
fter John Faulhaber’s son, Theo, died at age 35 of a heroin overdose at his desk in his Manhattan office, Faulhaber, an Atlantic Beach resident, realized he had to do something to help prevent this from happening to others. more
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City employee Arthur Collins was among those arrested in a large-scale drug bust on Thursday, which police said involved members and associates of the Latin Kings street gangs.
Long Beach city employee among 17 nabbed in drug bust
A Long Beach city employee was among those charged in a large-scale drug raid on Thursday, following a two-year investigation into narcotics trafficking in Long Beach and other South Shore … more
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A large crowd packed the auditorium at South Side High School to hear Dr. Steven Dewey talk about the effects of drugs on the brain.
This is your brain on drugs
The auditorium at South Side High School was packed on March 2 for a special discussion of the effects of drugs on the brain. More than 800 people crowded in to hear Dr. Steven Dewey, a … more
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Philip Walker, of Seaford, is seeking to have a law passed that would require blood testing for drivers involved in accidents with serious injuries of fatalities in the name of his son, James, who was killed at 26.
Fighting for tougher laws for drugged drivers
The tragedy that Philip Walker went through is one he wants no other family to experience. The Seaford resident, who lost his son in an accident in 2011, is fighting for legislation that would require mandatory blood testing for drivers involved in accidents that result in a serious injury or fatality, to determine if they were impaired by alcohol or drugs. more
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