Heroin

“He felt like he was dying. He said he felt like you were taking his skin and rolling it back.” Heroin addicts and their families share their powerful stories about battling with a drug that lawmakers, treatment specialists and police say has reached “epidemic” proportions on Long Island.

“The Heroin Epidemic: A report on heroin use, treatment, prevention and education efforts in NYS,” issued by the Assembly Minority Task Force on Heroin...

Paul Maffetone, who lost his 29-year-old brother Michael to a heroin overdose in 2012, formed the nonprofit Michael's Hope, who's mission is to raise awareness about the heroin epidemic on Long Island. He's hosting educational presentations and Narcan trainings across Long Island, including one in Mattituck on Feb. 4.

Southampton police found a 39-year-old man unconscious and turning blue at the bus stop near the county center Friday night.

The opiate overdose reversal drug naloxone (Narcan) will be made available without prescription at 479 CVS Pharmacy locations throughout New York, with plans in the works to add 1,000 more pharmacies early this year, according to state officials.

A man police describe as "undomiciled" was arrested on felony drug charges this afternoon following an East End Drug Task Force investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics in the downtown Riverhead area, according to Riverhead Town Police.

Updated 10 a.m.: A long-term investigation by Riverhead Police into heroin sales in the Wading River business district area resulted in the arrests of...

A Riverhead man is facing felony drug charges after the East End Drug Task Force and Riverhead Town Police executed a search warrant at his Oakland Drive North house today.

Days after Suffolk County took steps to increase its arsenal in the ongoing war against drugs, local prevention advocates, while applauding the move, say more...