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New or infrequent drug users who do not have an opioid tolerance are especially vulnerable to unknowingly ingesting deadly fentanyl.

New or infrequent drug users who do not have an opioid tolerance are especially vulnerable to unknowingly ingesting deadly fentanyl.

The American photographer and activist group PAIN have protested the OxyContin manufacturers’ involvement with the museum since 2018

CJ Levchak died of a heroin overdose in 2016. His organs saved the lives of three recipients, including his aunt, who needed a kidney transplant.

An outrage: Tong, others denounce Purdue Pharma and owners in Congressional bankruptcy hearing FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 “To permit non-debtors to abuse the bankruptcy process like this is an outrage, and Connecticut strongly encourages you to stop this abuse,” state Attorney General William Tong told a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.Cathy Zuraw / Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Connecticut Attorney Gen...

Broome County substance use prevention organizations receive $40,000 in state grants for opioid use prevention efforts https://truthpharm.org/ BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- The Broome County Health Department announced Thursday the recipients of the Opioid Overdose Prevention Funding grants from the state. $40,000 was made available by the NYS Department of Health in grants to support local organizations working to fight the opioid epidemic. Two Broome County Agencies were ...

Local organizations host “Smoke Weed in Front of the Police Station” on 4/20 John Atkinson/Pipe Dream Photographer Attendees celebrated the legalization of marijuana by lighting up in front of the Binghamton Police Station. Event followed legalization of recreational marijuana use in New York state April 22, 2021 John Atkinson/Pipe Dream Photographer Numerous attendees were rolling joints to celebrate New York state’s legalization of marijuana. On April 20, an in...

BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) — Advocates in Binghamton gathered on Thursday to back parole reform legislation pushed by some lawmakers in Albany and ask for further changes to prevent re-incarceration. One of the bills garnering attention would expand parole eligibility to those who are 55 or older and serving long sentences. Another would change the basis for granting parole from a person’s crime to their change while in prison. Advocates outside Binghamton City Hall applauded those reforms but a...

JUST holds vigil honoring Rob Card, inmate who died in 2019 Sidney Slon/Photo Editor Rob Card is one of 11 inmates to have died during their incarceration since 2011 at the Broome County Jail. Event took place two years after Cards death April 7, 2021 Sidney Slon/Photo Editor Justice and Unity for the Southern Tier (JUST), Citizen Action, Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow (PLOT) and Truth Pharm are some of the local organizations that continue to work toward ending mass ...

In a rare move, the Broome County Health Department has put out an after-hours news release warning of a spike in overdose deaths in the county. An alert was sent to the media shortly after 4 p.m. March 6 announcing "reports of increased overdoses during the past 24 hours." Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News (file) The Broome Opioid Awareness Council (BOAC) has issued previous messages encouraging people with a substance to not use drugs alone.  BOAC also advises Narcan kits should be available and r...