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International Overdose Awareness Day remembers the lives lost to drugs and loved ones still grievingToday is International Overdose Awareness Day, recognizing the human tragedy of drug overdoses, perhaps made worse by the long pandemic lockdown.
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Local prosecutors say they are using a new high-tech mapping system to help search out drug dealers involved in fatal overdoses and to get overdose…
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Cattaraugus County’s public health director is confident some strides are being made in grappling with the opioid crisis.Dr. Kevin Watkins, chairman of…
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A Buffalo man, charged with selling two fatal heroin mixture overdoses, could face life in prison.Aaron McDuffie, 22, faces a string of criminal counts…
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In what’s being billed as a first-of-a-kind local conference, experts are meeting with clergy members Wednesday in hopes of better preparing them to deal…
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Across Erie County, local governments and activists are convening town meetings to talk about drug problems. New figures project 570 fatal drug overdoses…
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Senator Charles Schumer says Congress can reverse the skyrocketing rate of fatal drug overdoses by providing an infusion of funding.Schumer discussed his…
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A public health warning has been issued by the law enforcement and medical community regarding a dramatic increase in fatal drug overdoses in the Buffalo…