opioid

State lawmakers will make it home for Easter as a new budget was passed late last night. The $168 billion spending plan contains new sexual harassment…

You may have never heard of it, but two state lawmakers want to block the sale of a herbal substance called kratom to minors.Canandaigua State Sen. Pam…

A Town of Tonawanda man has pleaded guilty in the death of a woman he gave opiates. The Erie County District Attorney's Office said Jon Herrle, 55,…

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman visited Western New York on Thursday to announce the seizure of Fentanyl-laced drugs targeting unsuspecting…

While opioid addiction remains a crisis in Erie County and all across America, a new report shows a positive trend in the ongoing fight. The Medicaid…

Southern Tier Congressman Tom Reed has introduced a bill that would include life in prison and the death penalty for drug dealers who cause a fatal…

Law enforcers representing several agencies report they've taken down more than a half dozen street-level heroin dealers, but say there are more arrests…

The New York State Senate has passed four bills that sponsors say are part of its ongoing commitment to address the ongoing heroin and opioid crisis. Last…

More than a dozen local law enforcement agencies are looking for some "angels" to help them in a new program that works with opioid addicts. The Poloncarz…

As Western New York and the entire nation address a rising problem with opioid and opiate abuse, one of New York State's representatives in the U.S.…