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 […]
BY KATHY KAHN The Rockland Business Association on July 20 devoted its meeting at the Pearl River Hilton to the rampant abuse of prescription drugs and street drugs going on in schools, homes and the workplace. “At a recent meeting with other NYS Chambers of Commerce, I was advised there were no formal programs regarding […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I spent years coaching young people in our community and I saw them at their best – hardworking, dedicated, talented. It would break my heart years later when word got back to me about a young person I coached who was lost to drugs or alcohol. Over the […]