PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci on Monday were joined by a coalition of mental health advocates, physicians and patients today to call on Governor Cuomo to reinstate “prescriber prevails” for atypical antipsychotics in the 2013-2014 state budget via the 21-day amendments. The group also urged the Governor and Legislature to restore “prescriber […]
Matthew Capuano of West Nyack was arrested on Thursday, August 16 after he was found in his home with $2,000 worth of prescription drug medications. The Rockland County Drug Task Force, Orangetown Police Department Detective Bureau and Uniform Patrol, Clarkstown Police Department K-9 Officer King, and Rockland County Rescue, Entry and Counter-Terrorism Team (REACT) worked […]
Task force warns community about prescription drug abuse “epidemic” BY SARA GILBERT On Thursday, May 10, The District Attorney’s Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force, along with several other organizations, held a symposium at Rockland Community College to address what some are calling “an epidemic.” About 20 or 25 years ago, cocaine and crack were the […]