opioid crisis Archives – QNS

Mayor Eric Adams

AMNY

Op-Ed | Saving New Yorkers from the opioid crisis

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LI Press

Cedarhurst pharmacist admits to $1M NYC oxycodone scheme

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Bayside

Queens lawmaker proposes bill to co-prescribe naloxone with opioids to fight addiction and overdose

By Jenna Bagcal

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Astoria

Pill-pushing doctor admits to running $2.5 million opioid scheme out of his Queens offices

By Robert Pozarycki

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Whitestone

‘Don’t give up on anyone’: Former Mets great Darryl Strawberry speaks in Whitestone about opioids & addiction

By Carlotta Mohamed

Maspeth

Maspeth man among seven cuffed for alleged heroin trafficking in Brooklyn

By Mark Hallum

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Ridgewood

Opioid overdoses kill more in Ridgewood than in most other Queens neighborhoods: city

By Mark Hallum

Four individuals operating the Hope Physical & Rehabilitation Clinic in Woodside were charged in a scheme to illegally distribute oxycodone pills.

Woodside

Doctor and staff at Woodside clinic illegally distributed 6 million oxycodone pills for profit, feds say

By Robert Pozarycki

Astoria

Astoria man locked up for four years for dealing fentanyl-laced heroin that led to overdoses

By Robert Pozarycki

Glen Oaks

Ex-Met and Yankee slugger Darryl Strawberry talks addiction in Queens

By Suzanne Monteverdi

JFK

Drug-detecting scanners at Queens’ JFK Airport would help fight opioid crisis, senator says

By Suzanne Monteverdi

Queens had more suspected drug overdose deaths than murders in 2017, says DA Brown

By Robert Pozarycki

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Flushing

Should prescription drug ads be barred from subways and buses? One Queens lawmaker says ‘yes’

By Suzanne Monteverdi

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Ridgewood

Officers talk rising opioid epidemic during precinct council meeting in Ridgewood

By Anthony Giudice

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