Schumer Calls for Statewide Database to Track Heroin Trends

Published March 8, 2014

Schumer calls for statewide database to track heroin trends
The database, called DrugStat, would for the first time collect tens of thousands of seemingly disparate pieces of information about illegal drugs to help authorities recognize patterns they might have otherwise missed. … In addition to seeking money …
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State budget adds .5M to expand drug courts
In 2012, heroin and opiate treatment admissions exceeded 33,000 people, according to state Department of Human Services statistics. “If you're really going to talk about the shift from addiction to treatment, it's not just for those who get arrested …
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