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03.08.2023 Health

Narcan kits expanding throughout North Fork to combat drug overdoses

A string of fatal drug overdoses in the summer of 2021 left the North Fork community with deep scars. Now, local organizations and businesses are working together to help...

09.01.2021 News

Greenport man to face manslaughter charges for fatal overdoses: Court records

An alleged drug dealer charged in connection to at least two fatal overdoses will now face upgraded manslaughter charges, according to court records. Lavain Creighton, 51, of Greenport faces...

03.11.2019 Featured Story

DA: Greenport man charged with manslaughter for causing fatal overdose

Two men were indicted for manslaughter Monday for allegedly supplying heroin cut with fentanyl to a Riverhead man who fatally overdosed in September 2018, according to Suffolk County District...

12.12.2017 Community

East End weeklies announce joint effort to examine the opioid crisis

Eastern Long Island’s weekly newspapers have joined together to form the East End News Project for the purpose of reporting and writing stories about one of the most important...

01.19.2017 Health

Fentanyl passes heroin as Suffolk County’s deadliest drug

To get a sense of just how potent the synthetic opioid fentanyl is, DEA special agent Erin Mulvey explained that one dose is the size of a grain of...

03.29.2016 Health

Authorities detail dangers of heroin and drug abuse at Mattituck forum

A North Fork native — a “good kid” and an accomplished athlete, said Mattituck High School principal Shawn Petretti — played lacrosse at the high school level and went on...

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