Accompanying Rosenthal, testimony was heard from the Commissioner of the Office of Addiction Services and Supports Arlene Gonzáles-Sánchez; Executive Director of the NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors Kelly Hansen; President of the Coalition of Medication Assisted Treatment Providers and Advocates Allegra Schorr; Executive Director of NYS Council for […]
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Kratom use and possession would be banned for all minors under new bill
Senator Pam Helming and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle introduced legislation that would ban minors from purchasing, possessing, or using any product containing kratom. The bill, S.6924/A.8787, would amend the state Health Law to define and regulate kratom and for the Department of Health to conduct a study on the […]
Senate moves on bills to restrict access to opioids, increase penalties for dealers
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan held a press conference Tuesday with the New York State Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin to announce a package of bills to address the urgent drug epidemic sweeping the state. The 14-bill package seeks to strengthen New York state law, increasing penalties for drug […]
State will spend $213 million to fight opioid addiction
On April 19 at the THRIVE Long Island Recovery Center in Hauppauge, Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that will allocate $213 million for drug recovery institutions and programs statewide to battle the current heroin and opioid epidemic, which he calls “the worst drug scourge this nation has […]
We must declare a war on addiction
New York state is not alone in its drug inundation. We’ve all been watching the heroin scourge threatening to drown us just as surely as the rising water levels in our oceans threaten the same thing. We really don’t understand why our children too often turn to drugs. I […]