ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Opioid and heroin dealers whose products cause a fatal overdose could be charged with homicide under a measure passed by the New York state Senate. The chamber passed the bill Wednesday. It now moves to the ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is expanding a mobile addiction treatment services that uses upgraded vehicles to provide house calls to communities hard hit by the opioid epidemic. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced more than $1.6 million in ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration wants to more than double the number of packages his agency inspects for illicit drugs, an effort to stem a deadly flow of opioids that increasingly runs through ...

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WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that a new task force would target drug manufacturers and distributors for their roles in the opioid epidemic, raising the possibility of filing criminal charges against them. The Justice Department also filed ...

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At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, elected officials and leaders of area law enforcement agencies shared details of the Monroe County Heroin Task Force, a law enforcement entity created to collect intelligence and identify long-term investigations in order to successfully ...

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Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo on Wednesday announced the new wide-ranging Monroe County Opioid Action Plan. The plan includes: A lawsuit filed against companies that sell prescription opioids The creation of an advisory panel on opioids Coordinating data from various ...

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The companies that manufacture and distribute highly addictive painkillers are facing a barrage of lawsuits for the toll their product has taken on communities across the country as the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history continues to escalate. Within the ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is throwing his support behind a bill that would boost federal resources to prevent and combat synthetic opioid addiction. The New York Democrat will announce his support for the ...

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