The good news: the number of people in Monroe County who died from opioid overdoses decreased last year. The bad news: the number was 195 people, and that’s much higher than it was even five years ago. The Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office released its annual statistics on overdose deaths this morning. And 2018 marked […]
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Law enforcement agencies launch heroin task force
The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and law enforcement agencies across the county are partnering on a new task force that will collect data about heroin overdoses and route intelligence to local agencies in the hopes of building strong cases against heroin dealers. The task force is the latest county-level plan targeting the opioid epidemic. Monroe […]
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‘NARTCAN’ addresses the pain and oblivion of addiction
Sorrow and angry grief smacked my brain when I saw the work in the addiction-themed group show currently up at AXOM Gallery. This past summer, when I was moving the last of my belongings into the house I currently live in, I paused setting things up to gather around a backyard fire with my new […]
