heroin and opioid addiction

A pharmaceutical company founder accused of paying doctors millions in bribes to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tactics as using a stripper-turned-sales-rep to give a physician a lap dance.

The pharmaceutical industry executive hit Tuesday with criminal charges stemming from the opioid crisis doesn't have his name on a museum wing, and his company isn't within earshot of Apple or anyone else on the Fortune 500. Even his $1.5 million paycheck was a paltry sum compared to his peers.

New York state will receive more than $9 million in federal funds to broaden its fight against opioid addiction.

Lawmakers in the New York state Assembly have voted to make opioid addiction a qualifying condition for medical marijuana.

Health insurers in New York State will now be required to cover medication and treatment of substance abuse disorders.

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Around 90 officers from agencies in several local counties met at MVCC today to receive training to use the anti-opiate overdose drug Naloxone by injection and through a nasal application.

Twelve New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and Addiction Treatment Centers across the state will now offer training sessions on opioid overdose prevention.

In order to combat the recent spike of heroin use, Governor Cuomo announced that 100 experienced investigators will be added to the State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team.

The Senate Joint Task Force on heroin and opioid addiction held a forum hosted by Senator Joseph Griffo to discuss the growing problem of opioid addiction in the Mohawk Valley.