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Huffington Post – the Drug That Reverses Heroin Overdoses

Huffington Post – The Drug That Reverses Heroin Overdoses – Recently I joined Huffington Post Live as part of a panel to discuss Naxolone; a medication that can reverse heroin overdoses. For more: http://www.kemphanno…


Senate Majority Coalition Announces Joint Task Force on Drug Additcion
(Long Island, NY) Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein today announced the creation of the Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction to examine the rise in use of heroin and other opioids in New York State and …
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Schumer Calls for First Statewide Heroin Database
In 2013, the DEA's New York office seized 144 kilograms of heroin, worth roughly $ 43 million, which is 20% of the DEA's nationwide seizures. In Long Island, the past two years have seen the two highest ever recorded totals of heroin deaths – nearly 250 …
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AG Schneiderman and I-STOP Allies Call on Federal Government to Rescind
Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, Executive Director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said, “This approval has the potential to wreak havoc on our communities, and I join Attorney General Schneiderman in asking that it be reversed.
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