Heroin

John Brophy, 49, who with LaShawn Lawrence, 35, of Greenport, was accused of dealing heroin cut with fentanyl that caused the overdose death of a man in Riverhead last September, pleaded guilty last week to criminal sale of a narcotic drug and second-degree manslaughter.

Bryan Hale, 52, of Flanders, has entered a plea deal with prosecutors. He was indicted in March with two men who knowingly sold a lethal mix of heroin and fentanyl, resulting in a fatal overdose in Riverhead in September 2018, according to prosecutors.

Three men accused of dealing heroin cut with fentanyl are facing multiple narcotics charges, with two of them charged with manslaughter in the overdose death of a Riverhead man in September.

Following the president's declaration of a national public health emergency concerning opioid abuse and addiction, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency announced it is deploying six special enforcement teams to combat trafficking in heroin, fentanyl and the violence associated with drug trafficking in six communities “facing significant challenges with heroin and fentanyl."

A major investigation has led to the dismantling of two drug distribution networks on the East End and the arrest of 14 people, including three...

Suffolk County has the ignoble distinction of poster child in New York’s spiraling heroin crisis. Suffolk had the highest number of opioid-related deaths — and the number of heroin overdose deaths specifically — among all 62 counties in N.Y. from 2009 to 2013.

The law is intended to cut down the number of fraudulent and stolen prescriptions, which will in turn combat prescription drug abuse, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Southampton Town Police said two passengers in a vehicle stopped for a traffic infraction had drugs, packaging, scale and a lot of cash in their possession.

The 37-year-old East Quogue man whose SUV crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic and struck a Riverhead police vehicle, was found 'semiconscious at the scene and treated with the heroin overdose reversal drug Narcan by EMS.

Here's a rundown of the signs and symptoms of heroin use, places to turn for help if someone you care about is using, plus an explanation of how an overdose happens and how naloxone reverses it.