AlbanyResponding to criticism that her agency was not doing enough to fight a spike in heroin addiction and fatal overdoses, the commissioner of the state Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services is rolling out new programs, adding residential treatment beds and spending an additional $10 million in state funding as part of a redoubled heroin response."There's not one fix to the heroin epidemic.
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