Opioids

Like counties across New York, Steuben has to deal with a few new state mandates. 2019 is the first year Steuben County has to budget for Raise the Age and new indigent defense mandates.

About two years ago, meth started coming into the area in bulk shipments. Tioga, Chemung and Broome counties are now main destinations for meth coming from Mexico.

The latest Siena College poll on opioids says 24% of New Yorkers were prescribed opioids in the last two years. Don Levy, Research Institute Director at Siena College says in the third part of their polling series on the epidemic, they wanted to know what happens in the doctor’s office.

ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - One day, Rebecca Shriver was at work, helping an elderly patient get to the bathroom, when the patient became unsteady.

ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to impose a tax on manufacturers of prescription opioids to help pay for state programs that help people who are addicted to them. But some say it will be patients who will ultimately have to pay the price.

Steuben County is tackling the opioid epidemic. For a relatively rural county, it’s been hit pretty hard. The number of deaths tripled in 2016 and the county says it doesn’t have the resources to fight it.

Governor Tom Wolf is expected today to declare the heroin and opioid crisis in Pennsylvania a statewide emergency. He will use his authority to proclaim a…

In front of a standing room only crowd, the Broome County Legislature voted to accept New York state funding for an addiction treatment center on…

People seeking bereavement counseling in the Southern Tier now have another option.Lourdes Hospice was already offering bereavement counseling, but had no…