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The latest Siena College poll on opioids says 24 percent of New Yorkers were prescribed opioids in the last two years.Don Levy, Research Institute…
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New York State has set aside a record-high $247 million in the latest budget to fund opioid and drug addiction countermeasures. Senators representing…
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A program known as Nurs'n Blues, which utilizes blues music as a form of therapy for those battling chemical dependency, is being made available to…
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Horizon Health Services is adding a new building to a Niagara County campus. When it opens later this year, its fourth building on Inducon Drive in…
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A Washington DC-based organization that campaigns to improve national policy on addiction has opened a New York State chapter. The woman tapped to chair…
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New York State is creating a suicide prevention task force to study ways to reduce the number of New Yorkers who take their own lives.Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
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As a result of the opioid epidemic, doctors are being urged to turn to other medications to treat chronic pain. That can be a challenge for people who have used opioid painkillers for years.
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A local physician, already charged for what federal prosecutors say was a widespread illegal distribution of painkiller prescriptions, faces additional…
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The high court in Massachusetts is weighing legal and scientific evidence to decide whether a woman convicted of larceny violated the terms of her probation by relapsing into drug use.
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A new state grant will help the University at Buffalo train physicians and nurses on how to medically treat people who are addicted to opioids. UB's…