Proposal Would Provide New York Police With Kits to Combat Overdoses

Proposal Would Provide New York Police With Kits to Combat Overdoses
The program, to be funded primarily from $ 5 million in criminal and civil seizures from drug dealers, would help provide a kit with the drug, naloxone, and the training to use it to every state and local officer in New York, the attorney general's …
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NYC Police Making Fewer Marijuana Arrests, But There's Still A Huge Problem
Over a 15-year period during the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations, New York spent nearly a billion dollars on marijuana arrests. The average marijuana arrest costs New York City $ 1,500, according to a Drug Policy Alliance report. That means that …
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Study: Half of jailed NYC youths have brain injury
A growing body of research shows that inmates whose brains have been jolted by trauma are linked to higher rates of breaking jailhouse rules, substance abuse and greater difficulty re-entering society after detention, said John D. Corrigan, a professor …
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