opioid

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers took the first step Wednesday toward joining a class-action lawsuit against drug companies for the market...

OLEAN — It’s been a long time since members of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid Task Force had heard some good news. On Friday, Avi Israel of Buff...

OLEAN — With data relating to Cattaraugus County’s opioid crisis flatlining or falling in 2017, the area’s health director is somewhat hopeful. The co...

OLEAN — With data relating to Cattaraugus County’s opioid crisis flatlining or falling in 2017, the area’s health director is somewhat hopeful. The co...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department feels a dent has been made in the city’s heroin problem — officers say the opioid is less available on the street ...

The opioid and prescription drug problem in our nation, and particularly in Pennsylvania, has reached epidemic levels. In fact, in December 2016 the C...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Heroin-Opioid Task Force held its final meeting of the year Friday by reviewing both encouraging and concerning pieces ...

OLEAN — Step by step, J effrey Ciminesi showed community members this week how to save the life of someone overdosing on opioids. Ciminesi, Southern T...

Doobie. Reefer. Joint. Fatty, bud, skunk, pot and ganga. Welcome to the stoner vernacular. Of course, to truly capture the complete language of mariju...

"Kyle did not grow up to be an addict,” says Jeannie Sundo, her words loaded with grief during a segment on a student-produced public service announce...

New York state is making it easier for addicts and their loved ones to buy the antidote for opioid overdoses. As of Wednesday at pharmacies across the...

ALBANY (AP) — New York state lawmakers are touting big steps in the fight against heroin and opioid addiction but say much more needs to be done to fi...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Board of Health voted Wednesday to urge the county lawmakers to file a lawsuit against pharmacy companies potentially r...

OLEAN — More residential treatment beds for heroin addiction recovery services are on the way, Michael Prutsman, CEO of Cattaraugus County Council on ...

OLEAN — The number of suspected heroin/opiate deaths in Cattaraugus County reached in the first week of June has already surpassed the number of death...

Area officials waging war on the heroin and opioid epidemic lauded the state Legislature for including $200 million in the 2017-18 budget to set up mo...

OLEAN — Female addicts withdrawing from heroin, other opioids or alcohol in the Southern Tier currently have no place locally where they can find stab...

BELMONT — The head of the county Board of Legislators greeted his colleagues at the annual reorganizational meeting looking toward the future after a ...