Senator Kathy Marchione will hold a community forum on heroin and opioid addiction on Wednesday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Hudson Valley Community College. The event will be held in the BTC Auditorium.
The panel will include representatives from local law enforcement, addiction treatment and recovery, educators and civic leaders, who will discuss solutions to stem the rising tide of heroin and opioid abuse in New York and to better protect children and families from these addictive, deadly drugs. The forum will be include the Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, one of 12 taking place throughout New York State.
Senator Marchione was named in March to the new, bi-partisan Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction. The task force is led by Senator Phil Boyle of Suffolk County, chairman of the Senate Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and was created to solicit input on the rise in the use of heroin and other opioids, and to develop legislative recommendations for treating and preventing addiction and its consequences.
The forum will invite audience participation, input and dialog.
“The rising, deadly tide of heroin and opioid abuse is something that should concern every parent and every New Yorker. The community forum I am hosting at Hudson Valley Community College on April 23 is focused on starting a real conversation so we can develop community-based solutions to better protect families and children from these addictive, deadly drugs. Our bi-partisan forum will encourage audience participation and feedback for a constructive dialog about how we can solve the growing problem of heroin and opioid abuse from the perspectives of prevention, treatment, recovery and law enforcement,” Senator Marchione said.
Senator Marchione’s press release
Published: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:29:23 +0000 by d.gardner