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A Binghamton woman is accused of driving while under the influence of drugs after she found in a vehicle that drove in reverse through a parking lot.

Local groups will be at the Great New York State Fair August 31 for “Stomp Out Stigma Day.”

Residents are being invited to “Shed the Meds” with a prescription take back event July 31 from 4-6 p.m. at the Waverly Free Library in Waverly.

For the second time this year, there is a month with no drug overdose deaths in Broome County.

$25,000 was allocated in this year’s Broome County budget for the mini-grants to fight the opioid epidemic.

Officials with the Tioga County Health Department say there have been several deaths recently linked to a powerful patch of synthetic Fentanyl.

Sheriff’s officials in Delaware County are reminding residents that the New York 911 Good Samaritan Law protects people from charges if they are seeking help for a person overdosing on drugs.

“Shed the Meds” and Narcan training event June 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Binghamton Fire Department Training Center.

A free program to teach people how to administer a heroin overdose antidote will be presented in Endicott.

Delaware County Sheriff’s officials say Narcan had to be used to revive the driver of a vehicle found overdosed in the driver’s seat.