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Opioid Crisis

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Overdose Deaths Plummet in Dutchess

Leonard Sparks by Leonard Sparks December 20, 2024January 11, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Officials credit policing, public health initiatives

Posted inAround Town

How Much Is the Pain Worth?

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe August 16, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Proposal would split opioid settlement 33,000 ways

Posted inPhilipstown News

Two Years of Contraband

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe June 15, 2018May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Putnam County Jail guards find drugs about 12 times annually

Posted inSpecial Reports

Police Chief: Opioid Crisis a Health Issue

Avatar photo by Michael Turton April 27, 2018December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Former resident advocates treatment, not jail

Posted inAround Town

Opioid Deaths Continue to Rise

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe March 25, 2018May 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Taxpayers pay billions for treatment

Posted inBeacon News

Data Against Drugs

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 25, 2018October 5, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

New York National Guard crunches numbers to fight abuse

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: How Best to Save Lives?

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 1, 2018December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Newburgh panel addresses strategies in opioid crisis

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Fighting Back: A Second Chance

Avatar photo by Michael Turton December 31, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

After two years, felony charges reduced or dismissed

Posted inPhilipstown News

Putnam Votes to Sue Drug Companies

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe December 1, 2017May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Claims negligent marketing of opioid pain pills

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: The Opioid Crisis (Part 4)

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe October 13, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

‘Where there is life, there is hope’

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: The Ways Out

by Staff October 13, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What should be the priority in fighting opioid crisis?

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Where to Find Help

by Staff October 13, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Resources for people suffering from addiction and their families

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Voices from Our Community (Video)

Avatar photo by Gregory Gunder October 13, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Loss and hope in the Highlands

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: The Opioid Crisis (Charts)

by Staff October 13, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Visualizing the figures behind the epidemic

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: The Opioid Crisis (Part 3)

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe October 6, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Where can they go? Treatment in the Highlands

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: No Wrong Doors

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 6, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Dutchess center an innovative first step to recovery

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Hidden in Plain Sight

Avatar photo by Anita Peltonen October 6, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Arms Acres splits services to two locations

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Ending the Lies

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong October 6, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Treatment center works to end deceit, work on hope

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Body and Soul

Avatar photo by Anita Peltonen October 6, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

St. Christopher’s Inn provides gentle, but strict, treatment plan

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: What Does It Cost?

by Staff October 6, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Long-term treatment runs into thousands

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: The Opioid Crisis (Part 2)

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe September 29, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Beyond punishment: cops and courts rethink strategy

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: A Day in Drug Court

Avatar photo by Michael Turton September 29, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

A chance to avoid prison — and stay alive

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: “We Can’t Get Our Regular Work Done”

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms September 29, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Dutchess, Beacon officers frustrated by epidemic

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Burlington Chief on Opioids, Crime

Avatar photo by Michael Turton September 29, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Former Nelsonville resident embraces new approach

Posted inSpecial Reports

Fighting Back: Q&A with Judge Reitz

Avatar photo by Michael Turton September 29, 2017December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Longtime head of Putnam County Drug Treatment Court

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