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Did you know?
From the Seneca Arts & Learning Center (SALC) • DID YOU KNOW that according to the CDC more than 750,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose? Two out of three drug overdose deaths in 2018 involved an opioid.• DID YOU KNOW that according to the US Department of Human Services in 2019, […]
Drug-Related Overdoses And Deaths
The Seneca Nation has experienced an alarming number of opioid-related deaths. In the past three years there have been 17 recorded deaths for the city of Salamanca, the Cattaraugus Territory, and the Allegany Territory; 14 of those 17 deaths (82.4 %) were Native American individuals. The Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory experienced an increased number of […]
One Mom’s Learning Curve With Addiction
Submitted by: Arlene Bova It was the summer of 2014 and cash was missing here and there. Unauthorized charges kept showing up on a credit card at McDonald’s, Walmart and gas stations. She has dropped out of school, but makes attempts to study for the GED. She doesn’t hold a job. She has changed. People […]