Issues of legal marijuana being laced with deadly fentanyl, problems obtaining school bus driver due to applicants being unable to pass drug tests due to marijuana use, community residents being a greater problem than college students in use of drugs, drivers under the influence of marijuana, lack of money to pursue street level drug dealers, … Read more
May is Mental Health Awareness Month around the nation, a time for building mindfulness among individuals, families, communities, businesses, churches and others as to how to recognize the needs of those who may be struggling with all types of mental/emotional issues and how to assist them. Among adult ages 18-and-older, the federal Substance Abuse and … Read more
Over 80 pounds of unused pills were collected last weekend at two sites in Allegany County, including from one individual who was able to dispose of more than 15 years of accumulated substances. Nearly a dozen motorists at each of the Wellsville and Friendship fire departments drop-off sites disposed of nearly equal total amounts of … Read more
‘Everyone’s Not Doing It’ is the message which the Partners for Prevention in Allegany County (PPAC) will be trying to get across to teens during National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW). The annual observance, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes on Health (NIH), runs through Sunday, March 26, … Read more
BREAKING: The Steuben County Health Department now is providing Naloxone nasal spray kits to its residents to help counteract drug overdoses and deaths, even among unsuspecting children. The prescription drug, a primary brand being Narcan, is available to anyone at any pharmacy in the state through a standing order from the health department. The state … Read more
BREAKING: New York State Police Troop A at Batavia, which covers Allegany County and Western New York, is alerting the public to an increase in heroin overdose deaths in the past two weeks. Troopers reports 94 overdoses and six deaths between January 27 and February 7, with the Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties accounting for 20 … Read more