Apr 10, 2025, 11:45 AM
A free Earth Day fair featuring food, music, crafts, Narcan training and more is coming to the Suffolk County Environmental Center in April.
Mar 4, 2025, 3:45 PM
Life-saving antidote to overdose is available to the public thanks to parent advocates who have lost loved ones.
Mar 4, 2025, 3:35 PM
Some Long Island businesses are keeping anti-overdose medication behind their counters — preparing for the reality someone might need a lifesaving dose right outside their doors.
Mar 3, 2025, 6:53 PM
Eleven of them were transported to local hospitals after eating the marijuana edibles. One sick student was released to the custody of his parents.
Feb 25, 2025, 2:37 PM
A vape trade group spokesman said companies work to prevent sales to underage people.
Attorney General James Sues Nation’s Largest Vape Distributors for Fueling the Youth Vaping Epidemic
Feb 20, 2025, 7:26 PM
AG James Seeks Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Damages, Penalties, Disgorgement, and Vaping Abatement Fund
Feb 11, 2025, 1:24 PM
LICADD Executive Director Steven Chassman said the need for its services have grown amid the local opioid crisis
Feb 4, 2025, 2:51 PM
Adam Birkenstock, Director of Programming at LICADD, said painkillers have been among the largest drivers of the opioid crisis.
Jan 30, 2025, 6:17 PM
LICADD Executive Director Steve Chassman raises the alarm concerning impact on public safety in response to report of cannabis sales.
Jan 24, 2025, 5:43 PM
"People are in physical withdrawal, and if you're not stabilizing those symptoms after the Narcan reversal, they're not going to have an open mind because they're just so sick and want to get home,"…
Jan 24, 2025, 5:33 PM
We're not going for a teetotaling society, but when it comes to marketing and promotion ... alcohol is not the social elixir that we advertise it as today," said Steve Chassman, Executive Director of…
Jan 24, 2025, 5:22 PM
Steve Chassman, a drug treatment expert with the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, emphasized that the money must go directly to help those struggling with addiction.
Jan 10, 2025, 4:20 PM
An attendee reflects on transformative insights from the 2nd Annual Women's Empowerment Luncheon honoring Theresa A. Regnante.
Dec 19, 2024, 7:38 PM
Chassman said recovery is possible, noting there are 28 million Americans living in recovery from addiction.
Dec 17, 2024, 4:00 PM
Opioid survivors face more grief and loss than most people do in a lifetime.
Dec 9, 2024, 7:50 PM
LICADD was honored to present Theresa A. Regnante, President and CEO of United Way of Long Island, with the inaugural Lillian McCormick Professional Achievement Award.
Oct 29, 2024, 2:05 PM
Honoring Fisher of Man Award Recipient John Flanagan and Fisher of Families Award Recipients Eileen and Larry Lamendola.
L.I.’s Trail of Truth Art Installation ‘March to the Sea’ Brings Awareness of Opioid/Fentanyl Crisis
Oct 11, 2024, 2:42 PM
The national Trail of Truth uses artful ‘tombstones’ to show magnitude of loss from opioid epidemic.
Oct 8, 2024, 3:57 PM
People who've lost loved ones to the opioid crisis joined the National Trail of Truth's March to Sea at Robert Moses State Park on Sunday.
Oct 6, 2024, 10:23 PM
Dozens of parents, grandparents and family members who have lost loved ones to the opioid/fentanyl crisis placed "tombstones” at the beach at Robert Moses State Park part of the national Trail of…
Oct 4, 2024, 4:05 PM
Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl, has been seized on Long Island for the first time.
Sep 4, 2024, 2:03 PM
Another victim of the opioid epidemic has been honored in Islip at the Memorial Serenity Garden at the Suffolk County Environmental Center.
Sep 2, 2024, 1:36 PM
It was an honor for LICADD to provide overdose prevention outreach at the 78th Annual Shinnecock Powwow over the weekend!
We thank LICADD Board Director Reverend Michael F. Smith for the opportunity…
Aug 30, 2024, 1:57 PM
Press Conference Remembers Long Islanders Lost to Overdose
Aug 30, 2024, 7:27 PM
Families, friends hold a solemn reading of names of Long Islanders who lost their lives to fentanyl poisoning or overdoses
Aug 7, 2024, 2:01 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 44th Annual R. Brinkley Smithers Golf Invitational! Your impact is felt far beyond the green!
Jun 12, 2024, 8:13 PM
The 37th Annual Adele C. Smithers Angel Ball at Oheka Castle was a groundbreaking success! LICADD hosted over 400 guests and raised over $380,000 for LICADD's life saving programs and services.
Jun 27, 2024, 6:36 PM
Fox News’ Bryan Llenas reports on the mourning families’ messages for Biden and Trump at the DEA’s Family Summits on Fentanyl.
May 29, 2024, 5:14 PM
District Attorney Ray Tierney held Suffolk County’s first-ever fentanyl summit and was joined by legislators, medical professionals, and members of law enforcement to show support for families of…
May 9, 2024, 9:30 AM
The young women's leadership organization joined with a local agency to learn life-saving skills in a crisis situation.
May 7, 2024, 8:44 PM
The group is calling for more action and more attention to be paid to what they have called a national health crisis.
Apr 22, 2024, 7:11 AM
An old rotary phone was unveiled at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip on Sunday for grieving people to "call" their loved ones "on the wind." NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. Credit:…
Apr 19, 2024, 11:34 AM
"The wind phone will serve as a special connection between us and our loved ones who are no longer on this earth."- Carole Trottere
Mar 14, 2024, 6:33 PM
An unregulated marijuana compound, often marketed as “weed light,” has seen its popularity grow in recent years among high school seniors and is now a “potential public health concern,” according to a…
Mar 3, 2024, 2:34 PM
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is determined to pass the "Fend off Fentanyl" act, which stands for Fentanyl Eradication Narcotics Deterrence. At THRIVE Recovery Community and Outreach Center in Hauppauge,…
Mar 2, 2024, 2:11 PM
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and cannot be detected by taste, smell, or sight when mixed with other drugs. In 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized…
Mar 1, 2024, 6:36 PM
Respectfully Submitted: March 1st 2024 by The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD)
Feb 17, 2024, 5:12 PM
Steve Chassman, executive director of the Westbury-based Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said Nassau is moving in the wrong direction.
Feb 16, 2024, 3:30 PM
Executive Director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Steve Chassman joined On the Record with Steve Scott to discuss a recent proposal to extend the hours at liquor stores…