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Truth Pharm, a non-profit organization with the goal of reducing harm for those who use substances, will be providing Narcan training in Binghamton this week.

The Broome County Health Department reports an increase in drug overdoses in the first three months of this year compared to numbers in 2021.

The Addiction Center of Broome County plans to use its mini-grant to establish a harm-reduction vending machine.

For the second time in less than a week, the number of suspected drug overdoses in Broome County has exceeded the threshold to prompt an alert.

Broome County officials are issuing another advisory about a spike in suspected drug overdoses in the past few days.

“BOAC” on December 28 informed the public it has received reports of increased overdoses in the past week.

The Broome County Opioid Awareness Council is alerting the public to a spike in on-fatal drug overdoses over the past week.

Broome County has a new text alert program to try to combat overdoses.

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.

Broome County Health Director Rebecca Kaufman talks about the problem, how the pandemic has impacted addiction disorders this weekend on Southern Tier Close Up.