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.
Stories Related to State Shifts Heroin Epidemic Fight
By Paul Grondahl, Times Union
Wed, 09/02/2015 - 12:35am
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