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A problem that was here long before COVID-19 is opioid addiction and substance use disorders. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office is announcing another tragic surge in overdose cases and deaths.

A voluntary Narcan training program for inmates at the Oneida County Jail got underway on Tuesday.

ACR Health is highlighting new rules regarding the distribution of the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan that are in effect statewide.

Sheriff’s officials in Delaware County are reminding residents that the New York 911 Good Samaritan Law protects people from charges if they are seeking help for a person overdosing on drugs.

The heroin epidemic continues in Central New York. An Oneida County Sherriff's Deputy responded to a call of an unresponsive male in his mid-20s at an address on Whitford Avenue in the Town of Whitestown to assist EMS. The first deputy to arrive on the scene recognized the appare…

Independent pharmacies across the state will now be able to sell naloxone to their customers without a prescription.

Two Utica Police officers saved the life of a woman who was overdosing on heroin Thursday morning.

A 24-year old Liverpool man is alive thanks to quick action by members of the Oneida County Sheriff's Office.

Effective this week, the Rome Fire Department is now equipped with a medication that counteracts a heroin overdose.

Emergency calls for Heroin overdoses have risen dramatically in Rome, with at least five overdose deaths last year.