Posts Tagged ‘heroin’
Local News: February 5, 2024
– Tioga County issues alert after cluster of heroin overdoses – Tioga County health officials are alerting people after a recent cluster of heroin overdoses that took place in three days last week. Officials say no one died. Kylie Holochak is senior educator with the county’s health department. She said Naloxone, also called Narcan was…
Read MoreIthaca College Harm Reduction Panel [AUDIO]
05/17/17: Ithaca College seniors organized a panel about the Ithaca Plan to reduce heroin use. They focused on how the plan’s harm reduction approach could save lives, including one of its recommendations to open a supervised injection site. Key leaders in Ithaca talked at the panel, such as Former Tompkins County DA and Interim Drug…
Read MoreHerebeorht Howland-Bolton & Aron Thiim Discuss Ithaca Plan to Curb Heroin Use [AUDIO]
04/19/17: WRFI’s Laura Rosbrow-Telem spoke with Herebeorht Howland-Bolton, a recovering heroin addict, and Aron Thiim, a Harm Reduction Technician at the Southern Tier Aids Program, about an Ithaca College panel on the state of the Ithaca Plan to curb heroin use. In the interview, she asked them about why they supported harm reduction. Herebeorht also…
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