08.19.2019 Editorial Reporter editorial: The opioid epidemic continues From 2006 to 2012, manufacturers shipped 76 billion opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. More than 3.3 billion were shipped to New York State during that period. Of that total,...
07.27.2018 Editorial Editorial: Lives lost two ways A thousand deaths is a statistic, but a single death is a tragedy. That old truth has never been more relevant than when applied to the opioid epidemic.
12.12.2017 News East End weeklies announce joint effort to examine the opioid crisis Eastern Long Island’s weekly newspapers have joined together to form the East End News Project for the purpose of reporting and writing stories about one of the most important...