addiction treatment

New York will be lowering the threshold for support for opioid withdrawal, taking inspiration from REACH and affordable treatment.

Firefighters and emergency medical personnel will learn how to administer mental health first aid and use naloxone, among other training.

The funding comes as County Executive Ryan McMahon released the latest opioid data, and the numbers are sobering. The county recorded 186 overdose fatalities last year, the highest ever in Onondaga County. That’s up from 156 in 2020.

New York State plans to invest $100 million into crisis stabilization centers hoping to reach more people with substance abuse disorders.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced $9.5 million of funding for addiction prevention services targeted to young adults, families, and communities.

Central New Yorkers who are struggling with opioid addiction now have the option to stay a residential facility while they recover. Elements of CNY in…

A drug treatment expert is praising Governor Cuomo’s proposal to ban a synthetic Opioid derived from Fentanyl that is adding to the Opioid crisis. The…

A panel of medical experts and Central New Yorkers with personal connections to the opioid epidemic will gather Thursday, October 25 in Skaneateles to…

As the heroin epidemic continues unabated, a paramedic who’s responded to drug overdoses for decades says it’s time to lift the stigma of addiction. In…