05.17.2018 Health Remembering lives lost to opioids at candlelight vigil At a candlelight vigil at Good Ground Park in Hampton Bays Saturday, those affected by the opioid epidemic gathered to share stories of the loved ones they’ve lost, their...
02.04.2016 Health Michael’s HOPE holds first Narcan training event to large turnout As people continued to file into the main room at the American Legion hall in Mattituck, chairs were pulled out of closets and taken from against the wall to...
01.28.2016 Health Following brother’s tragic death, Laurel man wants us to confront the heroin epidemic Paul Maffetone’s mission emerged from a burning need to share his pain.
01.28.2016 Editorials Editorial: We need to fight this war against heroin here and now A scene from early in the first season of the acclaimed HBO series “The Wire” dealt with Baltimore’s drug trade and how the system — including law enforcement, schools,...
11.12.2015 Health Opioid abuse crisis is a constant battle in Suffolk County Although the large-scale prescription pill ring allegedly operated by Riverhead physician assistant Michael Troyan was not the biggest the county has seen in recent years, it underscores a troubling...