addiction

Mini-grants with $40,000 in funding is going to the Addiction Center of Broome County and Truth Pharm to work on opioid overdose prevention efforts.

The Broome County Health Department is reporting an increase in the number drug overdoses in the month of February.

The founder of TruthPharm provided testimony on the loss of her son to overdose to a Congressional committee hearing on the national opioid addiction crisis.

Over the weekend, the D.A. says, three Broome County residents died of drug overdoses and drug dealers continue to sell.

$25,000 is available in 2020 for Broome County agencies to conduct opioid overdose awareness activities.

Community programs to address the continuing problem of opioid addiction could be in for more federal funding.

Starting November 13, the age to legally purchase tobacco and e-cigarette products in New York goes from 18 to 21.

A local overdose awareness group founder reacts to big pharmaceutical companies starting to be held accountable for the addiction crisis.

The Executive Director of Truth Pharm, Alexis Pleus is the guest on this week's edition of the weekly, local public affairs show, Southern Tier Close Up.

A discussion on the biological science of addiction is being held April 26 at the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal.