Opioids Everywhere: the Drug Epidemic in 2016

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Signs of the rampaging drug epidemic that nowadays mostly involves prescription medication and heroin were everywhere in local communities this past year. Here are some of the top articles posted on Hudson Valley Patches on the subject:

• Tainted Heroin Kills 2; Harrison Cops Charge 6
• Coach Who Gave Drugs to Player to Toss Out of Car Pleads Guilty
• Doc Charged in Oxycodone Death on One Side of the Hudson Found Dead on the Other
• 65 pounds of Heroin in Truck Axle at Westchester House: 2 Arrested
• Prison for Peekskill Dealer Who Sold Tainted Heroin that Killed Buchanan Man
• Heroin Overdose Kit Recalled Due to Faulty Atomizer
• Mom Accused of Using Baby to Pass Suboxone to Dutchess Inmate
• Rockland Highway Foreman Charged with Dealing Drugs
• Opioid Death Rates Rose Faster in New York Than Almost All Other States
• Free Overdose Prevention Training Set in Yorktown
• Croton Mom Pleads Guilty in Daughter's Easter Sunday Death
• 'Massive' Oxycodone and Heroin Ring Busted in Rockland

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