Staten Island Elected Officials Urge Mayor Mamdani To Renew Opioid Settlement Funding For Island: Lives Are Being Saved From Overdoses
STATEN ISLAND ELECTED OFFICIALS URGE MAYOR MAMDANI TO RENEW OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING “As these funds…
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For Staten Islanders Interested In Opioid Crisis’ Evolution, “Shuffle” Must-See Movie Review: Addiction ‘Treatment’ That Puts Patients On Endless Treadmill With No End In Sight: UPDATED
Readers may remember our discussion of the responsibility for the opioid addiction crisis that…
Destroying A $2B Market: Congress Reopens Federal Government While Reigniting Prohibition
Congress Reopens the Government—and Reignites Prohibition Last night, the Senate passed a continuing resolution along…
Staten Island Records Largest Decrease In Overdose Deaths Among Boroughs: Citing Promising Data In NYC DOHMH Report
Staten Island Records Largest Overdose Death Decrease in New York City as DA McMahon Highlights Promising…
Prohibition Faces Same Issue With Drugs As It Did With Alcohol In Decades Past: It Goes Underground, Leaving Violence Only Way To Settle Disputes
Prohibitions Increase Violence By Jeffrey Miron Editor’s note: According to a previous editorial from CATO Institute,…
Staten Island’s Hotspotting Addiction Recovery Assistance Program Provides More Details: Alternative Therapies Not Currently Utilized May Be Incorporated In Future
We previously reported on the hotspotting program by SIUH here. We had some additional questions…
Opioid’s Real Crisis Isn’t Prescriptions: It Was Prohibition, With Death Toll Rising After Restrictive Laws Passed, Most Nonmedical Users Never Prescribed Pain Meds
The Real Opioid Crisis Isn’t Prescriptions–It’s Prohibition West Virginia’s overdose data prove it: Officials misunderstood…
Staten Island Walk For Recovery 2022, “Hotspotting” Surveillance For Opioid Overdose Reduction Successfully Piloted
Editor’s note: Readers may remember our coverage of the Facing Fentanyl awareness-raising event in Times…
On Staten Island: Samaritan Daytop Foundation Announces 18th Annual Golf Invitational, Dinner To Support Those Recovering From Addiction Next Month
A Day on the Green with a Deeper Purpose: Samaritan Daytop Foundation Announces 18th Annual…
NYC Health + Hospitals Introduces Program To Enhance Addiction Services In South Bronx
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS ANNOUNCES NEW HOTSPOTTING PROGRAM TO ENHANCE ADDICTION SERVICES IN THE SOUTH…
Kensington, Pennsylvania: Providing Glimpse Into New Policing Tactics Using Targeted Intelligent Investigations To Combat Opioid Epidemic
Precision policing: The Kensington Initiative’s targeted approach to combating the opioid epidemic by ZACHARY PORRECA…
Stimulant Users Caught In Fatal ‘Fourth Wave’ Of Opioid Epidemic Due To Fentanyl Lacing Many Popular Illegal Drugs
Stimulant Users Are Caught in Fatal ‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Lynn Arditi, The…
Facing Fentanyl: Recognizing Critical Signs Of Acute Opioid Poisoning, How To React When Narcan Isn’t Enough
Fentanyl Poisoning Is A Real Danger To People In Our Communities, Especially Unintentional Poisonings. …
New East River Park Ballfields, Delancey St Bridge As Part Of ESCR; Commissioner Caban Resigns; Opioid Prevention, Treatment Annual Budget Increased To $50M Due To New Settlement; Flood Mitigation Strategies: NYC Mayor
MAYOR ADAMS OPENS NEW EAST RIVER PARK BALLFIELDS, DELANCEY STREET BRIDGE AS PART OF EAST…
Narcan In All NYC Public Schools As Poisoning Overdoses Continue Increasing – Should More Staff Be Educated In Its Use?
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Every…
RESEARCH: How Gov’t Regulation Accidentally Caused The Opioid Epidemic: CATO Institute Research Paper
Overdosing on Regulation: How Government Caused the Opioid Epidemic Editor’s note: Staten Islander News just…
Exclusive: Dangers, Prevalence Of Unintentional Fentanyl Poisoning By Way Of Other Drugs (Xanax, MDMA) – National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day By Facing Fentanyl
Times Square Takeover for National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day Editor’s note: Readers may remember…
Opioid Funding Comes To Staten Island Providers: Asm. Pirozzolo, Local Politicians Make Announcement
Last week, Asm. Pirozzolo and his local political colleagues held a press conference during which…
Staten Island Has Most Opioid Deaths In City But Was Excluded From Opioid Settlement Fund: Asm. Pirozzolo Announces Recipient Organizations Of $12M In State Funding
Pirozzolo Announces Awardees of Staten Island’s Exclusive Share of Opioid Settlement Funding Editor’s note: Staten…
Asm. Pirozzolo Provides Update To Constituents On Work He Has Been Doing Over First Year Of Assembly Term
Sam Pirozzolo Provides Update To Constituents On Victories, Actions In First Term As your Assemblyman,…
Staten Island’s NYS Asm. Pirozzolo Working For Constituents To Obtain Funding From Initial Round Of Opioid Settlement For Hard-Hit Hospitals On The Island
NYC FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES GAP OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FOR Staten Islanders An Op-Ed by Assemblyman Sam…
Congress Passes NOPAIN Act, Expanding Access To Alternative Treatments To Opioid Addiction
Congress Passes the NOPAIN Act AMTA is excited to share that Congress passed the NOPAIN…
NOPAIN Act – Allowing Greater Access To Non-Opiod Pain Management Systems – Must Pass In Next Two Months, Or It “Dies,” Must Be Re-Introduced
Grassroots Alert: NOPAIN ACT Reach out to your representatives today and urge them to support…