Lawmakers Push for Drug Abuse Treatment, Recovery Funding

Lawmakers push for drug abuse treatment, recovery funding — ALBANY — A growing problem that’s getting a lot of attention. We’re talking about the epidemic of prescription drug, and heroin abuse — right here in New Y…

Another view of today's NY beer/wine/spirits summit
ALBANY – As the beer, wine and spirits industries meet today in Albany to talk about their booming businesses in New York, an alcoholism treatment advocate said he hopes Gov. Andrew Cuomo and industry executives … Coppola noted that the state Gaming …
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Consensus: Albany casino not worth the gamble
"Trust me, we have plenty of addiction and we don't need anything that would lend itself to trapping more and more of our citizens in addictions," said Dr. Robert Paeglow, medical director at two addiction centers in Albany. "A disproportionate amount …
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Education “reformers” resort to Fox News-style scaremongering
Now, we have to get Albany on our side,” de Blasio said. The unstated problem: Wall Street is firmly entrenched on the opposite side. Witness the competing neo-liberal rally, organized by high-paid NYC charter CEO Eva Moskowitz, a former New York city …
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