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...
11.24.2017 Health Sadness and horror at Southampton Town opioid forum A recorded voiceover filled the packed auditorium at Hampton Bays High School last Wednesday night. “Hi, I’m Tom Ventura,” it began, and the speaker continued to detail his life...
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...