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As the number of lives lost to opioids continues to grow in the Rochester area, a new support group has formed to reach out to young adults who have lost…
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"There’s panic," Marty Teller said, sitting in a conference room in the executive offices of the Finger Lakes Area Counseling and Recovery Agency. "What…
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More than a half-million dollars in federal grant money is on its way to the Rochester area to help fight the opioid epidemic, New York Lt. Gov. Kathy…
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Officials from state and local government and drug treatment agencies announced the imminent opening of a new wing of addiction treatment beds at Helio…
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Monroe County has launched a program that law enforcement officials said will help people with drug addictions get into treatment programs instead of…
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The Monroe County Jail is adding a new type of drug and alcohol treatment program. The downtown Rochester jail is set to offer medication-assisted…
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The Monroe County Heroin Task Force has released its latest month of data on opioid overdoses, marking the first time the county has had a full year of…
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A New York state health department program that enables hospitals to surpass the usual limit on the number of opioid-addicted patients who can receive…
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The death toll of the nationwide opioid epidemic is still highest among men between 25 and 45, but new research suggests it’s growing increasingly deadly…
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Opioid treatment programs in New York have not been using a state database that tracks opioid prescriptions, according to an audit from the state…