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 […]
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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 […]