HUNTINGTON â Karen Yost, the president and chief executive officer of Prestera Center, has announced her retirement March 1 after serving for the past eight years, according to a news release.
Under Yostâs leadership, the center experienced many changes, including relocation and expansion of programs and services, facility improvements, upgrading of the technology system and implementation of many evidence-based clinical practices.
Eight federal grants were awarded, which allowed the center to implement innovative services and collaborations, such as two offender re-entry programs, the Appalachian Opioid Consortium with funding from HRSA, workforce support programs for individuals with substance use disorders in eight counties and two specialized programs for children involved with the Child Welfare System as a result of parental substance abuse. Most recently, Prestera was awarded a two-year multimillion-dollar SAMHSA grant that will result in Prestera becoming a nationa
After an extensive, nationwide search process, Tompkins County District Attorney Matt Van Houten announced he has hired Ariana, Marmora, Esq. as a new assistant district attorney, filling a vacancy that had been open since January 1, 2020. Â
Marmora graduated in 2014 from City University of New York School of Law and has worked for the past six years representing indigent tenants as a senior staff attorney and community outreach specialist in the Housing Unit of Mobilization for Justice, Inc. in New York City. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Watkins Glen High School. Â
Marmora will be assigned to Ithaca City Court, Ithaca Community Treatment Court (misdemeanor drug court) and will be the district attorneyâs representative on the Operations Working Group for the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program. Â
Washington Could Become The Second State To Decriminalize Drugs - Across Washington, WA - An Oregon law decriminalizing drug possession took effect last week. Some think Washington state should follow suit.
An Oregon law decriminalizing drug possession took effect this week. Some think Washington state should follow suit.
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5:01 p.m. February 4, 2021
A vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles, May 24, 2019. Voters in Oregon implemented a groundbreaking law in February 2021 to decriminalize most drug use in the state. Washington advocates for criminal justice reform and drug treatment unveiled a similar proposal on Feb. 4, 2021, to do the same thing on this side of the Columbia River. (Richard Vogel/AP)
This week, Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other drugs. On Thursday, state lawmakers and advocacy groups in Washington state announced a plan to do the same thing on this side of the Columbia River.