Niagara County’s Opioid Task Force prepares for uphill battle

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Opioid Task Force in Niagara County has its work cut out.
The group’s new chair wants to focus on expanding education and training to help keep people alive.
While Niagara County is substantially smaller than Erie County, overdose rates are climbing according to lawmakers.
Because medical examiners need to confirm causes of death, county-wide overdose numbers can take a while to be completed.
Records show in 2015, 44 people died from an opioid-related overdose in