BY DIANE DIMOND Can I get a round of applause for our United States Congress? Yes, indeedy, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for both Democrats and Republicans! They have miraculously come together to approve one of the only major pieces of legislation set to become law this year. Amazing. It was a rare […]
By County Executive Ed Day This week with the help of Rockland’s Department of Mental Health we announced a new initiative to fight back against the opioid epidemic that has swept across our county, state and nation. Let me be clear, we in county government are doing everything we can think of to combat this […]
BY SHERLY JOURDAIN On Aug. 11, 2017, Pres. Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national state of emergency. The Center of Disease and Control reports three out of five overdose deaths are opioid-related, and an alarming estimate of one in every four persons who are using opioids for pain management will struggle with addiction. In […]
Deaths due to opioid overdose are in decline in the United States according to recent medical surveys with the overdose antidote naloxone (Narcan) credited as a main cause of this positive trend. State Senator David Carlucci is one of the New York lawmakers leading the Narcan awareness effort. Carlucci has supported legislation that made the […]
A legislative column by Assemblyman Karl Brabenec. (R,TCN-Deerpark) I stand shoulder to shoulder with my fellow civil servants both from New York and across the country to address the issue of the opioid epidemic. From the White House to state legislatures, our country is rallying together fight this monster that is killing so many of […]
NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county is taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies that made and sold prescription opioids that contributed to the epidemic of abuse. “This opioid epidemic is exacting a huge toll on Rockland County both in terms of lives lost and the cost of […]