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Governor Hochul Announces Availability of $19 Million in Funding to Assist Addiction Support Workforce in New York State
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Proposed law seeks to better track opioid sales in New York
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Proposed law seeks to better track opioid sales in New York
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By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 7:30 PM ET Jul. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:30 PM EDT Jul. 15, 2021
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In light of a CDC report released this week stating that 93,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses in 2020, New York state Sen. Pete Harckham asked a timely question: “If we’re going to declare a state of emergency over guns, then why not declare one around opioids?”
In a press release, Harckham, a Hudson Valley Democrat who chairs the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, stated “last week, Cuomo declared a state of emergency regarding gun violence and committed over $135 million to counter the alarming rise of shootings around the state. Where is our moral outrage regarding the latest overdose statistics?”
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New York is joining several other states in winning a multi-billion dollar settlement - one of the largest in the country’s history - with Purdue Pharma for its role in the opioid epidemic that has plagued the US for years.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $4.5 billion settlement with the pharmaceutical company that will put them out of business after falsely marketing its products to get Americans hooked on opioids.
The owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, will pay out a total of $4.325 billion over the next nine years, with New York State receiving approximately $200 million.