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Fron the office of NYS Sentaor Betty Little State Senate Betty Little today announced that Clinton County will be among 17 counties statewide to receive funding for jail-based addiction services. Little said a legislative resolution was adopted in the State Senate yesterday detailing the appropriation, including $156,000 for Clinton County. “Several years ago, when as […]

Source: Calls for more medical marijuana sites grow as New York expands eligibility – Times Union

Source: Study recommends New York legalize recreational marijuana – Times Union

From the office of Congressional candidate Tedra Cobb               On Monday, Tedra Cobb released information regarding the premium increases she and her family face as a result of policy decisions being made in Washington. Today, she is releasing the letter sent to the family regarding the increase. According to the document, the reasons further increases […]

From the office of State Senator Betty Little  The State Senate has approved legislation sponsored by Senator Betty Little to help address a growing crisis of insufficient Emergency Medical Services (EMS) coverage in rural regions of New York. Little, like many of her upstate colleagues, has heard increasing concern from municipalities and volunteer EMS squads […]

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L-R Office Manager Dorothy Santoro, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Brennan, Administrative Receptionist Sage Lewandowski, Dr. Archil Chechelashvili, Medical Director Dr. Dino Santoro, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Kanaly, Registered Nurse Jay Bleeker, Administrative Receptionist Heather Langlois By John T. Ryan Peru – The staff of North Country Behavioral Medicine (NCBM) is #41 in our Peru Gazette photo […]

Peru – Peru K of C Car Wash to benefit the Relay for Life against cancer. Saturday, June 9, 9 AM – Noon, at St. Augustine’s Church, 3035 Main St.. 

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Source: Albany VA seeing rising need among opioid-addicted vets – Times Union

Source: Democrats approve marijuana legalization platform – Capitol Confidential

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Source: State, federal efforts to bolster hiring of addicts moves forward – Sun Community News & Printing

PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK – Prescription Opiate and Heroin Addiction and opiate-related overdoses continue to increase in the North Country. Several local professionals and concerned citizens have joined forces to form Substance Abuse Prevention and Recovery of Clinton County (SPARCC). The coalition, comprised of people in recovery, concerned citizens, treatment providers, elected officials, law enforcement, educators, […]

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Source: Are doctors to blame for opioid crisis? New Yorkers think so – Times Union