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NY Post: Docs struggling for answers as flesh-rotting ‘zombie drug’ tranq grips NY

Travis Eddy was no stranger to the drug game: The 33-year-old mechanic from Long Island had been hooked on heroin off and on for nearly half his life. But late last year, he unwittingly began smoking crack laced with xylazine — the powerful anim...

PIX 11: NYC heroin users testing for skin-eating drug ‘tranq’: ‘It destroys your body’

Outside a building on East 126th Street in East Harlem, one of two safe injection sites in New York City, Ryan R. confirmed he has found Xylazine, known as ‘tranq,’ in his illicit drugs.

NYU: More Than 80% of People Who Inject Drugs Test Positive for Fentanyl—Only 18% Intend to Take It

Study reveals widespread use of fentanyl among people who inject drugs in New York City, despite overwhelming preference for heroin

NY Post: Inside the grim reality of the fentanyl plague

Inside a hip Lower East Side cocktail bar, late on a recent Saturday night a crowd of young party-goers formed a line outside the bathroom as punk music blared in the background.

CBS: "Fentanyl Kills" billboard unveiled in Times Square

A group of activists and grieving family members who've lost loved ones to fentanyl are putting their pain on full display at one of the most iconic landmarks in the country.

Associated Press: US backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention

For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much.

Washington Post: How the opioid epidemic evolved

A new analysis of overdose data shows when and where the three waves of drugs took hold

WCBS: Memorial Honoring Opioid Crisis Victims On Display At LI Mall

The exhibit puts a face on the worst drug crisis in recorded United States history, personalizing an issue that has been declared a public health emergency.

CNN: Odds of dying from accidental opioid overdose in the US surpass those of dying in car accident

The grim finding comes from the National Safety Council which analyzed preventable injury and fatality statistics from 2017.

CBS News: Drug overdose deaths skyrocket among middle-aged women

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that drug overdose deaths among females aged 30 to 64 have skyrocketed in recent years.

NY Times: Learning With: ‘Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain’

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Fox 5/Good Day NY: NCDA Fights Heroin Crisis

WRHU 88.7 FM: DA Singas talks with Islanders radio about Nassau County's heroin crisis

Newsday: Islanders' Matt Martin records PSA to fight heroin crisis

After Nassau DA Madeline Singas reached out to team for assistance, Isles brought students to game as part of Singas' initiative.

NPR: Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses

Fentanyl is now the drug most frequently involved in overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a National Vital Statistics System report published Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WABC: Heroin epidemic hitting families hard

Stacey Sager reports on one family's struggle in Nassau County, Long Island

NY Times: ‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record Last Year.

A class of synthetic drugs has replaced heroin in many major American drug markets, ushering in a more deadly phase of the opioid epidemic.

Newsday: Cocaine-heroin ring operating on LI taken down, Nassau DA says

“We collaborated with law enforcement agencies in those jurisdictions to make sure we crushed these supply chains.”

PIX 11: The Hooked Generation: Fighting the opioid crisis on the front lines

DA Singas spoke with Pix 11 to share what the NCDA is doing to combat drug use on Long Island.