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Residents along North Clinton Avenue joined with others from around Rochester on Tuesday evening to say “no more” to the heroin epidemic they said is…
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The CDC estimated that 72,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2017. There are many reasons why the opioid crisis is so hard to confront. One of them is social stigma.
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This fall Governor Andrew Cuomo announced more than $25 million in federal funding would help address the state’s ongoing work in combating the opioid…
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The origin of the opioid epidemic can be traced back to a number of causes including increased marketing of opioids by pharmaceutical companies and…
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Today, Chacku Mathai is the CEO of the Mental Health Association of Rochester.But at 15, he wanted to die.Describing himself as an immigrant kid with dark…
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Harm reduction services like syringe exchange programs are not often the first programs promoted as treatment for opioid addictions. But staff members at…
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Dave Lana was 61 when he died of an opioid overdose in January.It was fentanyl, his wife, Angela, said. He got the drugs in Monroe County and overdosed a…
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In this special edition of Connections, we address the opioid epidemic in New York State. The conversation took place in front of a live studio audience…
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In this special edition of Connections, we address the opioid epidemic in New York State. The conversation took place in front of a live studio audience…
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People struggling with opioid addiction and the families and loved ones of those who may be addicted now have another resource in Monroe County.Recovery…