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Parents get a closer look at fentanyl crisis For two hours, a panel of experts shared information on the dangers of fentanyl. The According to the Centers for panelists included Matthew Disease Control and Prevention, Landman, commanding officer drug overdose deaths have of the Nassau County Police increased throughout the Covid- Department’s narcotics/vice 19 pandemic. Fensquad; Dr. Zachary tanyl, which can be Oliff, a toxicologist up to 50 times stronat North Shore Uniger than heroin and versity Hospital; 100 times stronger Adam Birkenstock, than morphine, has director of programbecome a major conming for the Long tributor. Island Council on The North Shore Alcohol and Drug Coalition Against De pendence; and Substance Abuse Dan Doherty, North invited local experts Shore Schools’ directo speak to parents tor of counseling. about fentanyl, and Parents first KATIA ARMATA about naloxone and watched the docuother life-saving Sea Cliff parent mentary “Dead On strategies, in the Arrival,” which set North Shore High School audito- the tone for what was to come. rium on Feb. 15. Parents received “It doesn’t make a difference free naloxone kits. about community, skin, age or The event gave parents an their sex — it doesn’t matter,” opportunity to share their con- Landman said. “[Fentanyl is] cerns and ask questions about everywhere, and it’s affecting fentanyl, which is a synthetic everybody.” opioid. “It’s never soon enough Fentanyl is impossible to to be educated, because life detect without test strips, which moves really fast,” said Katia makes the use of illegal drugs Armata, one of nearly 40 attend- riskier. In Suffolk County, fentanees and a parent of two. “I’m try- yl-laced cocaine killed six people ing to keep the door open and communicate with my kids.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Not acting their age Sea Cliff Elementary School kindergartners in Kim Cunneen’s class celebrated 100 days of school with a nod to centenarians.
An actress and a county exec recognize American Heart Month BY LETISHA DASS ldass@liherald.com
Adorned in red, Emmy-winning actress Susan Lucci, a Garden City resident, stood beside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Dr. Richard Schlofmitz, the chairman of cardiology at Catholic Health St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center, at the Nassau County Legislative and Executive Building on Feb. 17 to remind residents that February is American Heart
Month. “What I have learned, since being the national ambassador for the American Heart Association ‘Go Red for Women’ movement,” Lucci said, “is that heart disease is the number one killer of women more than all cancers put together. It kills one in three women [who die] every year. It kills one woman every 80 seconds.” Blakeman announced that the dome of the county legislative building would be lit red to sym-
bolize the importance of heart health. “Heart disease is the leading killer in Nassau County,” he said, “and while that is alarming, according to the state, we have one of the lowest percentages by population … of deaths from heart disease. However, that’s no reason to be complacent.” Like many women — and men — Lucci ignored symptoms of possible heart problems until she CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
t’s never soon enough to be educated, because life moves really fast.