Sentences with phrase «at combatting heroin»

Republican state senators are cheering a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate that is aimed at combatting heroin and opioid addiction introduced this week.

Not exact matches

Efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse over the last several years have totaled millions of dollars in new efforts as well as regulations placed on insurance companies to deal with the issue, marking one of the few bipartisan issues facing lawmakers at either the state or federal level.

Deals are at hand in Albany to combat heroin addiction and serve alcohol at Sunday brunch, but good - government advocates are blasting the lack of any agreement on ethics or campaign finance reform after years of scandal.

Governor Cuomo signed the legislation - which also builds on administrative actions being taken by the State to combat heroin - during an event at Binghamton University in Vestal, New York.

The Assembly Minority Task Force on Heroin Addiction and Community Response held a regional forum aimed at identifying problems and weaknesses in current efforts to combat the rampant heroin epiHeroin Addiction and Community Response held a regional forum aimed at identifying problems and weaknesses in current efforts to combat the rampant heroin epiheroin epidemic.

In the ongoing effort to combat the growing use of heroin across Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Monday announced a new strategy aimed at making a special drug more accessible to addicts at treatment centers and county facilities — though experts warn it's no panacea.

1:15 PM — Lt Governor Hochul Highlights NYS Efforts to Combat Heroin and Opioid Addiction at Bronx Odyssey House.

At 10 a.m., Cuomo signs legislation intended to combat heroin and opioid abuse into law, Evergreen Commons, 262 Georgia St., Buffalo.

A new limit on the amount of opiates a physician can prescribe at once is among a handful of changes lawmakers plan to make in an effort to combat the state's ongoing heroin and opioid addiction crisis.

At 2 p.m., Republican mayoral hopeful Paul Masey will unveil plans to combat heroin abuse, Carl's House, 585 Veterans Road West, Staten Island.

At 11 a.m., Assemblyman Michael Cusick, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Staten Island DA Michael McMahon, and representatives from the NYPD, Delco Drugs, and YMCA Counseling Services announce the donation of 10,000 drug deactivation pouches to combat the ongoing heroin and opioid abuse epidemic, Delco Drugs, 3833 Richmond Ave., Staten Island.

At 9:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul delivers remarks on the state's efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse at the SUNY Upstate Medical Symposium, Biotech Accelerator, 841 East Fayette St., 4th Fl., SyracusAt 9:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul delivers remarks on the state's efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse at the SUNY Upstate Medical Symposium, Biotech Accelerator, 841 East Fayette St., 4th Fl., Syracusat the SUNY Upstate Medical Symposium, Biotech Accelerator, 841 East Fayette St., 4th Fl., Syracuse.

At 1:30 p.m., Hochul launches a new mobile addiction treatment RV to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic, BestSelf Behavioral Health, 262 Woodward Ave., Kenmore.

Also at 1 p.m., Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney joins Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, local police chiefs and community leaders to call for passage of Maloney's legislation to combat the opioid and heroin epidemic and stop mass incarceration of abusers and low - level drug offenders, Orange County District Attorney's office, 40 Matthews St., Goshen.

(L - R) Senate co-leader Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R - Rockville Centre, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, leave a news conference after announcing legislation to combat the rise of heroin use in the state in the Red Room at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Albany.

The deals he and the legislative leaders struck earlier this week included a package of efforts to combat opioid and heroin addiction, a growing scourge across the state; a push to expand access to mammograms and other methods of breast - cancer detection; and an agreement on improving safety at rail crossings, which carried all the political excitement of, well, rail crossings.

Last year, he made public statements every day of the last week of session, either in interviews on WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom» or at press conferences in his office, in which he announced bills to combat heroin overdoses and legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.

COMBAT heroin, opioid and substance abuse crisis with more funding at local and county level for proven prevention programs, education efforts for teens, parents and school and medical professionals.

Cuomo stopped at the Burchfield Penney Art Gallery Tuesday to promote new legislation to combat New York state's growing heroin epidemic.

But at the same time, Flanagan insisted Republicans have plenty of positive policies to run on, including a middle class tax cut and legislation to combat heroin abuse.

At 2 p.m., Hochul convenes a forum to discuss the governor's efforts to combat heroin and opioid abuse in Rockland County, Rockland Community College, Student Union, Room 3217, 145 College Rd., Suffern.

At a big heroin summit in Atlanta, Kellyanne Conway, who heads the «opioids cabinet,» talked up the Trump administration's efforts to combat the crisis, and the head of the NIH announced a program to study the biological causes of chronic pain.