Drugs

Fentanyl has overtaken heroin use in the past several years in Connecticut, according to officials.

The city-based APT health foundation planned to move its headquarters to a building that was home to the Achievement First Elm City College Preparatory on Dixwell Avenue.

The state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and organized EMTs say the language of the bill needs more work.

Construction costs will be covered by funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act.

Dr. William Spencer represents areas of Huntington on Long Island. He was also on the county’s heroin and opiate epidemic advisory panel.

In an effort to combat sky-high prescription costs, the AARP of New York held a telephone town hall Monday to discuss plans for lawmakers.The plans…

Suffolk County law enforcement want New York lawmakers to allow them to charge drug dealers with murder.State Senator Todd Kaminsky, who has sponsored a…

Connecticut has confirmed over 500 overdose deaths for the first half of the year. Stratford town officials honored the lives lost in a ceremony today for…

Overdose deaths in and around New Haven, Connecticut, were at a record high during the pandemic in 2020. That’s according to a report from the non-profit…

Nearly 40% more New Yorkers died last year from an overdose, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health officials have…