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

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

The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services is hosting free training sessions on the use of the opioid overdose reversal, naloxone.

Broome County is allocating up to $25,000 in Mini-Grant funding to community agencies for programs to educate the public about opioid overdoses.

The Broome County District Attorney’s office says this past February was the first in five years that did not record any fatal drug overdoses.

The Broome County Health Department is one of four counties in New York State given money to help build health department capacity for opioid overdose prevention.

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.

Broome County officials are releasing the number of overdose reports coming into emergency services since January first.

Another man is facing charges for allegedly providing drugs that led to an overdose death in Broome County.

Broome County Officials report 432 responses to overdose calls to emergency services so far this year.