Issue Position: Combating the Opioid Epidemic

Issue Position

Michaelle has co-sponsored and voted in support of several laws to address the ongoing heroin problem. The opioid crisis continues to wreak havoc in communities across our state, claiming countless lives each and every year. From 2015 to 2016, the number of drug deaths in New York State -- fueled primarily by opioids like fentanyl and heroin -- increased by nearly 30 percent. This crisis requires federal, state, and local governments to collaborate efforts to allocate monies for treatment and prevention services. Michaelle has helped to increase funding to support additional residential beds and opioid treatment program development. Michaelle hopes and prays that her work will help to turn the tide against this awful drug crisis.

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