Jun
08
2022
The Youth Voices Matter Youth Summit is an inaugural one-day conference that will be welcoming youth and young adults along with service providers to network, learn, and discuss the "Ages and Stages of Recovery" in-person at Tompkins Cortland Community College.
This...
May
24
2022
"On May 23rd, 2022, the Cortland County Public Health and the Cortland County Mental Health Departments issued a press release to alert the community about recent reports that indicate widespread fentanyl contamination in the local illicit drug supply. Fentanyl...
May
09
2022
A group of Cortland County agencies and volunteers are joining a broad coalition of nonprofit organizations, corporations, government agencies, and schools to support the first-ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day on May 10, 2022. This day aims to draw attention...
May
09
2022
With over 100 books distributed throughout the community and 2 successful book discussions hosted by the Cortland Free Library, we were excited to have the author of Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction join...
Apr
18
2022
Cortland County has continued to experience an alarming increase in opioid overdoses. An opioid overdose can happen to anyone consuming opioids for medical or recreational use. However, the pandemic and resulting social isolation have contributed to additional challenges for...
Mar
15
2022
Cortland County's Drug Take Back Event will be on Saturday, April 30 at 4 locations. Bring any of your unused, unneeded, prescription, and/or nonprescription drugs and you can drop them off without leaving your vehicle.
The 4 convenient drive-through locations include:
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Mar
09
2022
We are inviting the entire Cortland community to participate in the Cortland Free Library’s Community Read. The book is Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction by Maia Szalavitz was released in July 2021.
To access a...
Mar
09
2022
With national drug overdose deaths surpassing 100,000 annually, the issue of overdose has never been more important. In 2021, here in Cortland County, our community experienced the highest number of overdose deaths ever reported.
Join HEALING CORTLAND and documentary photographer...
Feb
01
2022
Cortland County has continued to experience an alarming increase in opioid overdoses. An opioid overdose can happen to anyone consuming opioids for medical or recreational use. However, the pandemic and resulting social isolation have contributed to additional challenges for...
Oct
06
2021
On Tuesday, August 31st, community members and partners came together to mark the 20th anniversary of International Overdose Awareness Day and remember those we have lost to drug overdose. The event drew more than 130 people to Courthouse Park. After...