Category: Substance Abuse

Statement From First Lady Chirlane McCray On The Obama Administration's Efforts To Combat Heroin
News Sep 16, 2016
Statement From First Lady Chirlane McCray On The Obama Administration's Efforts To Combat Heroin

According to the latest Special Narcotics Prosecutor trend, the epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose deaths have affected the New York City (NYC) region. NYC has emerged into one of the Nations most significant heroin markets and distribution hubs today. Heroin prescription opioid painkillers has contributed to the current epidemic o opioid addiction and abuse leading to an increase of deaths by 256% from 2000 to 2013. Fatal deaths has sparked First Lady Chirlane McCray to issue a comment.