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The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant.
Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up.
And, he has found, it isn’t pretty.
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By Scott Brinton
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11/11/15
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Madeline Singas has won the race for Nassau County District Attorney. With a commanding lead at about 11:15 p.m., Singas gave a victory speech at the Garden City Hotel, where local Democrats assembled on Election Night.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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11/3/15
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The marquee contest on next Tuesday’s ballot in Nassau County is for district attorney.
Democrat Madeline Singas, who has filled the D.A.’s seat since she replaced Kathleen Rice in January, …
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10/30/15
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District attorney is the single most important job in Nassau County when it comes to keeping families safe and ensuring that our criminal justice system is smart, fair and just. It requires . . .
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10/22/15
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After two rounds of the Republican candidates for president trading blows, the Democrats faced off in their first 2016 primary debate. And one thing was clear . . .
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10/22/15
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The race for the Nassau County district attorney’s seat is the biggest one in the county this year.
Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas, a Democrat, is being challenged by Town of …
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By Alex Costello
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10/21/15
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On Nov. 3, the voters of Nassau County will elect a new district attorney for the first time since 2005. I’m supporting Kate Murray, because . . .
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10/15/15
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The most high-profile race in Nassau County on Election Day will be the contest for district attorney. Public polling data reveals that voters believe . . .
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10/15/15
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Denise Ford, who has served in the Nassau County Legislature for 12 years, is being challenged for another two-year term by fellow Long Beach resident Keith Lebowitz. Election Day is Nov. 3.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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10/14/15
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Longtime Nassau County Legislator Francis X. Becker (R-Lynbrook) announced last November that he would not seek re-election this year, after having served in that position for two decades. In …
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By Alex Costello and Mary Malloy
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10/14/15
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