The pandemic sparked an unprecedented mental health crisis, public health experts said, and stressed and isolated people turned to alcohol and drugs to ease their pain.
Families Impacted By Opioids Call On New York To Reallocate Funds Received In Settlements For New Treatments
CBS New York 5/4/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS New York
LONG ISLAND (CBSNewYork) States across the nation are beginning to see the first of millions of dollars of opioid settlement funds come in.
But as CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Tuesday, treatment experts in New York are not happy with how some of that money is being spent.
Sharon Richmond of Northport blames drug companies that sold pain relief to her only child, Vincent D’Antoni, and minimized the risks.
“I was trying to tell him that oxycodone was addictive and so dangerous and he would show me this research that denied it. They were saying it was not addictive,” Richmond said.