JAMESTOWN - Local families who’ve seen a direct impact from the recent rise in drug use in our area now have a support group that will be providing them with help. Nar-Anon - a nationally recognized support group dedicated solely to families … [Read more...]
City Man in Custody, Separate Individual Treated with Nalaxone Following Wednesday Incident
JAMESTOWN, NY - City police were able to revive an unidentified 22-year-old female who had reportedly taken heroin. According to a report from JPD Capt. Robert Samuelson, police were called to a home at 21 Sturges St. just after 9 p.m. Wednesday … [Read more...]
Much Work Remains in Battling Local Drug Addiction
MAYVILLE - It was a near full house at Chautauqua Suites in Mayville Monday as community leaders and members of the public attended the county-sponsored Community Drug Forum – held to provide and update on what’s being done and what more has to … [Read more...]
Local Officials Gather in Mayville Monday for Community Drug Forum
MAYVILLE - Community leaders from across Chautauqua County will be in Mayville this morning to learn more about what can be done to fight the area’s growing drug addiction problem. Both Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan and Chautauqua … [Read more...]
State Approves Plan to Open Needle-Exchange Program in City
JAMESTOWN, NY - The plan to provide a syringe-exchange program has been given permission by the state to move forward. That’s according to an article in Monday’s Jamestown Post-Journal, which says the state Health Department has given approval to … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Rick Huber Discusses Drug Addiction in Chautauqua County
JAMESTOWN, NY - Originally airing Thursday, March 12, 2015. WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Rick Huber, CEO of the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County, about the rise in drug use and addiction in Chautauqua County … [Read more...]
County Announces Free Overdose Training Seminar in Dunkirk on March 17
DUNKIRK - A free opioid overdose response training will be held at the next Strength of Support (S.O.S.) group meeting on March 17, 2015 in Dunkirk. The training is open to the public and is available to those in the community who wish to become … [Read more...]
Drug Treatment Organizations Call on NY to Provide More Funding to Fight Abuse
ALBANY - A coalition of addiction treatment programs across New York are calling on Albany to set aside $350 million to combat heroin and substance abuse. John Coppola, executive director of the Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse … [Read more...]
No Additional Chemicals Found in Heroin that Caused Three ODs, One Fatal
JAMESTOWN - Jamestown police say there were no additional chemicals in a batch of heroin that resulted in three overdoses last week, including one fatality. Jamestown Police Captain Robert Samuelson sent out a media release on Wednesday saying … [Read more...]
Four Arrested During Two Separate Drug Raids Tuesday in Jamestown
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Police Department is reporting that four individuals were arrested Tuesday following two separate drug investigations in the city. Police say during a raid at 539 Crescent St., three bundles of heroin, a quantity of … [Read more...]
