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Over 1,000 overdoses have been reported in the last year in Monroe County. That’s according to the Monroe County Heroin Task Force, at their one-year…
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School starts for most districts this week and next, and it’s the first time when New York Schools can supply their nurses with a drug to reverse the…
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ConnectionsWe wrap up the great work that WXXI's Michelle Faust has done on the heroin epidemic in Rochester. We look back at the stories that made our "Heroin at…
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We wrap our month-long series "Heroin at Home" by looking at how heroin addiction impacts families. We brought in a mother to give us some real-world…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there’s the equivalent of one bottle of prescription painkillers for every adult American. Meanwhile,…
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Your physical and mental health are considered equally important under state and federal law. It's called “mental health parity.” Insurers haven’t always…
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Deaths from drug overdose have outpaced automobile accidents as the leading cause of injury in 35 states, including New York. But the state is making…
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Heroin and opioid abuse and overdose deaths are on the rise; it is the leading cause of death in New York State. Monroe County had nearly 100 heroin…
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ConnectionsContinuing the discussion around heroin as part of our Heroin at Home series, we learn about the science and the dangers of heroin, and what we can do…
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ConnectionsAs part of our month-long series Heroin at Home, Michelle Faust joins Evan Dawson to talk about the beginnings of the recent heroin epidemic that is…