Minn. counties start to test aid recipients for drug use
Only those who have prior felony drug convictions will have random tests....
View ArticleStates combat alarming drug overdose deaths
Overdoses are the No. 1 accidental killer of Americans 25 to 64 years old, surpassing even traffic deaths....
View ArticleA Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin Epidemic
Rutland has begun an effort to attack a drug problem with social services, as well as with law enforcement....
View ArticleNew York Program to Help Police Get a Kit to Combat Overdoses
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Thursday is expected to announce a push to have law enforcement officers carry a drug that is effectively an antidote to overdose....
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In Expanded Program, Officers Across New York City Will Carry Antidote for...
An expansion of a program on Staten Island, paid for by the state attorney general's office, would give kits to those most likely to come into street-level contact with overdose victims....
View ArticleNYPD Officers To Carry Heroin Overdose Antidotes
The state attorney general's office is providing the New York Police Department with $1.17 million from civil and criminal forfeiture cases to pay for 19,500 kits intended to equip patrol officers,...
View ArticleNYPD can equip officers with life-saving heroin antidote
The New York Police Department, the largest police force in the United States, announced Tuesday that it has received funding to equip close to 20,000 officers with naloxone, a heroin antidote that can...
View ArticleCops Launch Initiative To Crack Down On Underage Drinking At The Shore
Officers will be on the lookout for customers using fake IDs and for adults who buy alcohol for minors. Last summer, the program led to 211 arrests....
View ArticleSanta Clarita Uses Collaborative Approach to Tackle Youths’ Drug Abuse
The City of Santa Clarita won the Cities Counties Schools Partnership Intergovernmental Collaboration Award in the 2014 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence program...
View ArticleIn Gloucester, hard experience spurs innovation
An ocean of praise has washed over Gloucester since the unveiling of its innovative “angel” program, which treats opioid abusers as addicts in need of help instead of criminals who deserve to be in a...
View ArticleA Call to Arms on a Vermont Heroin Epidemic
Rutland has begun an effort to attack a drug problem with social services, as well as with law enforcement....
View ArticleNew York Program to Help Police Get a Kit to Combat Overdoses
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Thursday is expected to announce a push to have law enforcement officers carry a drug that is effectively an antidote to overdose....
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Expanded Program, Officers Across New York City Will Carry Antidote for...
An expansion of a program on Staten Island, paid for by the state attorney general's office, would give kits to those most likely to come into street-level contact with overdose victims....
View ArticleNYPD Officers To Carry Heroin Overdose Antidotes
The state attorney general's office is providing the New York Police Department with $1.17 million from civil and criminal forfeiture cases to pay for 19,500 kits intended to equip patrol officers,...
View ArticleNYPD can equip officers with life-saving heroin antidote
The New York Police Department, the largest police force in the United States, announced Tuesday that it has received funding to equip close to 20,000 officers with naloxone, a heroin antidote that can...
View ArticleCops Launch Initiative To Crack Down On Underage Drinking At The Shore
Officers will be on the lookout for customers using fake IDs and for adults who buy alcohol for minors. Last summer, the program led to 211 arrests....
View ArticleSanta Clarita Uses Collaborative Approach to Tackle Youths’ Drug Abuse
The City of Santa Clarita won the Cities Counties Schools Partnership Intergovernmental Collaboration Award in the 2014 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence program...
View ArticleIn Gloucester, hard experience spurs innovation
An ocean of praise has washed over Gloucester since the unveiling of its innovative “angel” program, which treats opioid abusers as addicts in need of help instead of criminals who deserve to be in a...
View ArticleN.J. county unveils first-of-its-kind program to pay for overdose victims' rehab
Police officers in Camden County saved 300 lives using the anti-overdose drug Narcan in just the last 16 months. But what happens to those lives after they are discharged from the hospital? Camden...
View ArticleNew system to make it easier to spot opiate addiction
Ohio is adding a weapon to its arsenal in fighting drug abuse by providing doctors and pharmacists with a one-click link to the state opiate tracking system...
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