Sentences with phrase «opioid addiction holds»

Also at noon, the Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a forum, Bourne Mansion Auditorium, 500 Montauk Highway, Oakdale.

At 6:30 p.m., the state Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a public meeting to gather information and testimony regarding sober homes and existing regulations, Pace University, Willcox Hall, Stephen J. Friedman Room, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville.

At 5:30 p.m., the state Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a community forum to explore real solutions to address the state's heroin and opioid epidemic, Columbia - Greene Community College, Arts Center Theater, 4400 NY - 23, Hudson.

At 5 p.m., the Senate's Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a public meeting, Binghamton University's Innovative Technologies Complex, Center of Excellence Building, Rotunda, 85 Murray Hill Road, Vestal.

At 6:30 p.m., the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction holds a second forum, Penn Yan Middle School Auditorium, 515 Liberty St., Penn Yan.

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Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed taxing prescription painkillers as a way to hold drugmakers accountable for the nation's opioid addiction and overdose crisis.

From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction will be holding a forum, Niagara University, Castellani Art Museum, 5795 Lewiston Rd.

From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction and the Seneca Nation of Indians» Drug and Alcohol Abuse Task Force hold a joint forum at the Cattaraugus Community Center, Seneca Nation of Indians Cattaraugus Territory, 12767 Route 438, Irving.

At 3 p.m., the Senate's task force on heroin and opioid addiction will hold a public forum, Fulton - Montgomery Community College in Room U104 of the Union Building (the Large Lounge), 2805 State Highway 67, Johnstown.

The lawsuit lists Purdue, Teva, Janssen and Endo pharmaceutical companies as the defendants, and attempts to hold them responsible for health care and treatment costs related to opioid addiction, rising crime rates and escalating social issues across Albany County, said Elizabeth Smith, an attorney with Motley Rice.

A candlelight memorial service was held in front of the stage at LaSalle Park in Buffalo to commemorate the lives lost to opioid addiction Thursday.

A candlelight memorial service was held in front of the stage at LaSalle Park in Buffalo to commemorate the lives lost to opioid addiction.

His plan, he explained, is to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable, remove insurance barriers to addiction treatment and recovery services and put forth legislation that would designate 11 variations of fentanyl — a potent opioid that has surpassed heroin as the main culprit in opioid overdose deaths in Suffolk County — as Schedule I controlled substances under the state's Public Health Law.

Heroin Opioids Senate Republicans have made dealing with opioid and heroin addiction a priority for the year and Cuomo and legislators have held panels across the state in the last few weeks on how to address the problem.

In addressing the symposium held in the AAAS Auditorium, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse, said the opioid addiction problem «came out of the health care system» after it was determined that opioid prescription medicine was needed to treat chronic pain affecting more than 100 million Americans.