Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins today announced that the Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction & Overdose Prevention will be holding seven hearings and roundtable discussions across the state. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: drugs
FDA Taking Steps To Lower Generic Drug Prices From Harlem To Hollywood
When he served as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Scott Gottlieb pressed for lower prescription drug prices by speeding development of generic alternatives. Continue Reading →
Addictive Traits May Help Someone To Become A Great Entrepreneur
What aspects of personality do drug addicts and businessmen share?
By John Adkins
We are used to thinking of addicts as weak-willed losers, and of entrepreneurs and chief executives as disciplined and courageous people. Continue Reading →
Opioid Abusers From Harlem To Hollywood Often Get Drugs From Family And Friends
The opioid epidemic continues to rage across the U.S., with countless consumers falling victim to these potentially dangerous painkillers every day. Continue Reading →
Update: Harlem AARP Members Head To Albany To Fight Rx Costs And Help Utility Consumers
About 45 AARP members from Harlem will board a bus on June 4th, 6:00-6:30 a.m, 2019, at 2225 Adam Clayton Boulevard (at 132nd Street; Williams Institute) to Albany and urge state lawmakers – before this year’s legislative session ends June 19, 2019 – to pass the bill. Continue Reading →
Frank Lucas, The Harlem Drug Lord Who Inspired American Gangster, Dies Aged 88
Frank Lucas, the former Harlem, New York drug kingpin whose life was the subject of the 2007 movie American Gangster
Money, Money, Money, Pablo Escobar Drug Bust $20M In Narcotics Found In Harlem
A drug raid in Harlem uncovered more than 77 pounds of heroin and fentanyl and $200,000 in cash, New York City’s special narcotics prosecutor announced Monday. Police arrested two people. Continue Reading →
OP-Ed: Locked Up And Locked Out, How To Ensure NY’s Black Community Gets Its Share Of Cannabis’ ‘Green Rush’
By Regina Smith
While Corvain Cooper sits in a prison cell in California facing a life sentence for marijuana-related charges he is dealing with the reality that he may never be reunited with his family again or get a second chance at life outside of prison. Continue Reading →
NYC Correctional Health Services Announce Thousands Of Naloxone Kits Distributed At Jail Visitor Centers
Today, NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services announced that it has distributed more than 13,000 naloxone kits to people visiting New York City’s jails from Harlem to Hollis since the launch of HealingNYC. Continue Reading →