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April 12, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Remove Barriers to Research on Medical Marijuana Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 4, 2016 As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand And Rep. Katko Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 18, 2016 Schumer: Crouse Hospital In Syracuse Should Be Site Of Federal Forum To Address Growing Prescription Drug Abuse & Heroin Epidemic Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 18, 2016 As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Nassau County District Attorney Singas Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
March 14, 2016 Tonko Announces More Than $350,000 for Whitney Young to Help Treat Opioid Abuse in Capital Region Rep. Paul Tonko
March 14, 2016 Congressional Black Caucus--The Work Continues: Why Voting Matters in the African American Community Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 11, 2016 As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Congresswoman Slaughter Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
March 3, 2016 Schumer Urges Congress to Immediately Pass an Emergency Funding Bill to Battle Major Drug Epidemic in Upstate New York Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 2, 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 26, 2016 Schumer Pushes Legislation to Deliver More of The Life-Saving Overdose Drug--Naloxone--To Long Island Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 23, 2016 Senators Gillibrand And Capito Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Require CDC To Issue Guidelines For Prescribing Opioids For Acute Pain Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 22, 2016 Letter to Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - Require Risk Management Strategies for All Prescription Opioids Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 18, 2016 Schumer Launches Major Effort To Fight Drug Crisis In Buffalo Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 16, 2016 Schumer Launches Major Effort to Fight Drug Crisis in Westchester County Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2016 Markey, Senate Democrats Demand Passage Of Emergency Funding To Tackle Prescription Opioid And Heroin Crisis Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 4, 2016 Letter to Debra Houry, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 31, 2016 As Deadline Approaches for VA to Renew its Rule that Prohibits Medical Marijuana, Senator Gillibrand Urges VA to Fix Discriminatory Policy & Allow Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Veterans Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 27, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Robert McDonald, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerning Marijuana as a Treatment Option Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 14, 2016 Schumer Announces, After His Push, New Crime Fighting Resources Coming To Broome County With Designation Of County As "High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area" -- Designation Will Now Mean Additional Resources To Fight Scourge & Help Disrupt Trafficking Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 14, 2016 Schumer Announces, After His Push, New Crime Fighting Resources Coming To Ulster County With Designation Of County As "High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area" -- Designation Will Now Mean Additional Resources To Fight Heroin Scourge Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2016 Faces of Addiction Rep. Paul Tonko
Dec. 23, 2015 Letter to Schumer - Dutchess County Has Highest Incidences Of Infants Born Dependent On Rx Drugs & Opioids With New Anti-Drug Resources In Just-Passed Budget, Schumer Urges Feds To Immediately Direct Funds To Dutchess County To Address This Epidemic; Number Of Drug-Dependent Babies Up 1,000% In Dutchess County Alone Over The Last 5 Years Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Botticelli, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Adminstrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Medical Marijuana Research Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 10, 2015 Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act Rep. Yvette Clarke
Oct. 30, 2015 Letter to William J. Baer, Assistant Attorney General and Deborah Feinstein, Director of Federal Trade Commission - Insurance mergers letter to DOJ Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Oct. 29, 2015 Letter to Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Overdose Prevention Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 26, 2015 Schumer: Feds Need New Tools To Prevent Heroin and Opiates From Entering Buffalo Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 1, 2015 Senators Introduce Landmark Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 25, 2015 Schumer Announces: The DEA Will Restart Successful Drug Take-Back Program Today; Program Allows New Yorkers to Dispose of Highly-Addictive Drugs; Schumer Urged DEA to Reverse Previous Decision to End National Drug Take-Back Day Program Amid Rising Opioid Abuse Across Upstate NY Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 22, 2015 Representatives Tim Ryan and Paul Tonko Statements on National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Sept. 21, 2015 Gillibrand to Push for Federal Medical Marijuana Reforms in Keynote Before the National Cannabis Industry Association Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sept. 20, 2015 Letter to DEA Administrator Rosenberg - Shut Down Synthetic Drug Websites Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 20, 2015 Schumer: Feds Must Take Swipe At Synthetic Drug Online Sales Over Credit Card Networks Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 18, 2015 Higgins, Tonko, Hanna & Katko Applaud HHS Announcement of Revised Regulations for Treatment of Opioid Addiction Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
July 9, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Botticelli, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Efforts to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 22, 2015 Gillibrand: White House Right to Lift Barrier to Marijuana Research, But Obstacles For Medical Care Remain Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
June 8, 2015 Schumer: Powdered Alcohol -- Particularly Dangerous To Kids -- Could Hit Shelves In Next Few Weeks; Senator Launches Emergency Push, Adding New Amendment To Legislation This Week To Ban "Palcohol"; Says If We Take No Action, We Will Regret It By End Of Summer Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 29, 2015 Tonko to Introduce Legislation Establishing National Uniform Drug Testing and Enforcement in American Thoroughbred Racing Rep. Paul Tonko
May 28, 2015 Schumer: Across Upstate New York, Opioid Abuse Is Up & Criminals Are Stealing Rx Drugs, But DEA Recently Ended Hugely Successful Drug Take-Back Program -- Schumer Urges DEA To Reverse Decision & Reinstitute National Take-Back Days, Which Safely Collected Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rx Drugs & Helped Save Lives Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015 With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin spiking in Buffalo & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Schumer Pushes To Reverse President's Proposed Cut To Drug Trafficking Program That Buffal Law Enforcement Says Is Critical To Breaking Up Local Drug Rings -- Launches Push to Prevent Cut & Raise Funding For Program By $100M Sen. Chuck Schumer
May 11, 2015 Senator Gillibrand, Western New York Families Push for New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill, Allowing New York State Patients- Including Veterans- to Access Necessary Care Without Fear of Federal Prosecution When State Program Launches Next Year Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
May 11, 2015 Senator Gillibrand, Rochester Area Families Push For New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill, Allowing New York State Patients- Including Veterans- To Access Necessary Care Without Fear Of Federal Prosecution When State Program Launches Next Year Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
April 27, 2015 Schumer: E-Cigarette Manufacturers Targeting Teens With Glitzy Ads & Candy Flavors Like 'Cherry Crush' & 'Gummy Bear' -- New CDC Report Shows E-Cig Puffing Has Tripled Among High Schoolers; Schumer Demands FDA Ban Fun Flavors & Regulate Marketing Tactics Aimed At Kids Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 12, 2015 Schumer: Recently Unearthed FDA Report Confirms Weight Loss And Workout Supplements Contain Hidden, Dangerously Addictive Amphetamine & FDA Knew About It; Senator Demands FDA Immediately Ban Hazardous Chemical & Hold Companies Accountable That Masked Harmful Chemical As "Natural Botanicals" Sen. Chuck Schumer
April 10, 2015 Schumer: War On Drugs Is Raging In Broome County And The Feds Need To Get More Involved -- Senator Launches Push To Designate Broome As High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Which Will Mean Additional Resources, Intelligence, and Coordination To Help Disrupt Trafficking; Effort Has Been Effective In Other New York Areas Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 30, 2015 With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Spiking In Rochester & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Schumer Pushes To Reverse President's Proposed Cut To Drug Trafficking Program That Rochester Law Enforcement Says Is Critical To Breaking Up Local Drug Rings - Launches Push To Prevent Cut & Raise Funding For Program By $100M Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 24, 2015 Letter to Chairman Ander Crenshaw and Ranking Member Jose E. Serano, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government House Committee on Appropriations - Bipartisan Call to Stop Drug Trafficking Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
March 18, 2015 In Light Of Last Week's Bust Of A Meth Lab In Local DeWitt Neighborhood - Schumer: Families Across CNY Are Moving Into Homes Once Used As Meth Labs & Do Not Even Know It; Remnants Of Chemicals Make Homes Potentially Hazardous To Health - Schumer Announces First-Ever Fed Law Requiring Homeowners To Alert Buyers or Renters That Home Was Once Used To Make Meth Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 15, 2015 Gillibrand & Booker Meet with NY, NJ Families About New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana & Announce Endorsement of Epilepsy Foundation Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 10, 2015 Booker, Paul & Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan New Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients -- Including Veterans -- to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal Prosecution Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Date Title Politician
April 12, 2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Remove Barriers to Research on Medical Marijuana Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
April 4, 2016 As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand And Rep. Katko Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 18, 2016 Schumer: Crouse Hospital In Syracuse Should Be Site Of Federal Forum To Address Growing Prescription Drug Abuse & Heroin Epidemic Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 18, 2016 As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Nassau County District Attorney Singas Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
March 14, 2016 Tonko Announces More Than $350,000 for Whitney Young to Help Treat Opioid Abuse in Capital Region Rep.Paul Tonko
March 14, 2016 Congressional Black Caucus--The Work Continues: Why Voting Matters in the African American Community Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 11, 2016 As Opioid & Heroin Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand & Congresswoman Slaughter Urge Passage Of Bipartisan Legislation To Fight Opioid Epidemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
March 3, 2016 Schumer Urges Congress to Immediately Pass an Emergency Funding Bill to Battle Major Drug Epidemic in Upstate New York Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 2, 2016 Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 26, 2016 Schumer Pushes Legislation to Deliver More of The Life-Saving Overdose Drug--Naloxone--To Long Island Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 23, 2016 Senators Gillibrand And Capito Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Require CDC To Issue Guidelines For Prescribing Opioids For Acute Pain Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 22, 2016 Letter to Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration - Require Risk Management Strategies for All Prescription Opioids Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 18, 2016 Schumer Launches Major Effort To Fight Drug Crisis In Buffalo Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 16, 2016 Schumer Launches Major Effort to Fight Drug Crisis in Westchester County Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2016 Markey, Senate Democrats Demand Passage Of Emergency Funding To Tackle Prescription Opioid And Heroin Crisis Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 4, 2016 Letter to Debra Houry, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Opioid Prescribing for Acute Pain Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 31, 2016 As Deadline Approaches for VA to Renew its Rule that Prohibits Medical Marijuana, Senator Gillibrand Urges VA to Fix Discriminatory Policy & Allow Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana to Veterans Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 27, 2016 Letter to the Honorable Robert McDonald, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerning Marijuana as a Treatment Option Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Jan. 14, 2016 Schumer Announces, After His Push, New Crime Fighting Resources Coming To Broome County With Designation Of County As "High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area" -- Designation Will Now Mean Additional Resources To Fight Scourge & Help Disrupt Trafficking Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 14, 2016 Schumer Announces, After His Push, New Crime Fighting Resources Coming To Ulster County With Designation Of County As "High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area" -- Designation Will Now Mean Additional Resources To Fight Heroin Scourge Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2016 Faces of Addiction Rep.Paul Tonko
Dec. 23, 2015 Letter to Schumer - Dutchess County Has Highest Incidences Of Infants Born Dependent On Rx Drugs & Opioids With New Anti-Drug Resources In Just-Passed Budget, Schumer Urges Feds To Immediately Direct Funds To Dutchess County To Address This Epidemic; Number Of Drug-Dependent Babies Up 1,000% In Dutchess County Alone Over The Last 5 Years Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 21, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Botticelli, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Adminstrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Medical Marijuana Research Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 10, 2015 Congresswoman Clarke's Statement on the Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act Rep.Yvette Clarke
Oct. 30, 2015 Letter to William J. Baer, Assistant Attorney General and Deborah Feinstein, Director of Federal Trade Commission - Insurance mergers letter to DOJ Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Oct. 29, 2015 Letter to Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Overdose Prevention Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 26, 2015 Schumer: Feds Need New Tools To Prevent Heroin and Opiates From Entering Buffalo Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 1, 2015 Senators Introduce Landmark Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 25, 2015 Schumer Announces: The DEA Will Restart Successful Drug Take-Back Program Today; Program Allows New Yorkers to Dispose of Highly-Addictive Drugs; Schumer Urged DEA to Reverse Previous Decision to End National Drug Take-Back Day Program Amid Rising Opioid Abuse Across Upstate NY Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 22, 2015 Representatives Tim Ryan and Paul Tonko Statements on National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Sept. 21, 2015 Gillibrand to Push for Federal Medical Marijuana Reforms in Keynote Before the National Cannabis Industry Association Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Sept. 20, 2015 Letter to DEA Administrator Rosenberg - Shut Down Synthetic Drug Websites Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 20, 2015 Schumer: Feds Must Take Swipe At Synthetic Drug Online Sales Over Credit Card Networks Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 18, 2015 Higgins, Tonko, Hanna & Katko Applaud HHS Announcement of Revised Regulations for Treatment of Opioid Addiction Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
July 9, 2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Botticelli, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Efforts to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 22, 2015 Gillibrand: White House Right to Lift Barrier to Marijuana Research, But Obstacles For Medical Care Remain Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
June 8, 2015 Schumer: Powdered Alcohol -- Particularly Dangerous To Kids -- Could Hit Shelves In Next Few Weeks; Senator Launches Emergency Push, Adding New Amendment To Legislation This Week To Ban "Palcohol"; Says If We Take No Action, We Will Regret It By End Of Summer Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 29, 2015 Tonko to Introduce Legislation Establishing National Uniform Drug Testing and Enforcement in American Thoroughbred Racing Rep.Paul Tonko
May 28, 2015 Schumer: Across Upstate New York, Opioid Abuse Is Up & Criminals Are Stealing Rx Drugs, But DEA Recently Ended Hugely Successful Drug Take-Back Program -- Schumer Urges DEA To Reverse Decision & Reinstitute National Take-Back Days, Which Safely Collected Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rx Drugs & Helped Save Lives Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 18, 2015 With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin spiking in Buffalo & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Schumer Pushes To Reverse President's Proposed Cut To Drug Trafficking Program That Buffal Law Enforcement Says Is Critical To Breaking Up Local Drug Rings -- Launches Push to Prevent Cut & Raise Funding For Program By $100M Sen.Chuck Schumer
May 11, 2015 Senator Gillibrand, Western New York Families Push for New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill, Allowing New York State Patients- Including Veterans- to Access Necessary Care Without Fear of Federal Prosecution When State Program Launches Next Year Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
May 11, 2015 Senator Gillibrand, Rochester Area Families Push For New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill, Allowing New York State Patients- Including Veterans- To Access Necessary Care Without Fear Of Federal Prosecution When State Program Launches Next Year Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
April 27, 2015 Schumer: E-Cigarette Manufacturers Targeting Teens With Glitzy Ads & Candy Flavors Like 'Cherry Crush' & 'Gummy Bear' -- New CDC Report Shows E-Cig Puffing Has Tripled Among High Schoolers; Schumer Demands FDA Ban Fun Flavors & Regulate Marketing Tactics Aimed At Kids Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 12, 2015 Schumer: Recently Unearthed FDA Report Confirms Weight Loss And Workout Supplements Contain Hidden, Dangerously Addictive Amphetamine & FDA Knew About It; Senator Demands FDA Immediately Ban Hazardous Chemical & Hold Companies Accountable That Masked Harmful Chemical As "Natural Botanicals" Sen.Chuck Schumer
April 10, 2015 Schumer: War On Drugs Is Raging In Broome County And The Feds Need To Get More Involved -- Senator Launches Push To Designate Broome As High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Which Will Mean Additional Resources, Intelligence, and Coordination To Help Disrupt Trafficking; Effort Has Been Effective In Other New York Areas Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 30, 2015 With Dangerous Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Spiking In Rochester & Overdoses Dramatically Rising, Schumer Pushes To Reverse President's Proposed Cut To Drug Trafficking Program That Rochester Law Enforcement Says Is Critical To Breaking Up Local Drug Rings - Launches Push To Prevent Cut & Raise Funding For Program By $100M Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 24, 2015 Letter to Chairman Ander Crenshaw and Ranking Member Jose E. Serano, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government House Committee on Appropriations - Bipartisan Call to Stop Drug Trafficking Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
March 18, 2015 In Light Of Last Week's Bust Of A Meth Lab In Local DeWitt Neighborhood - Schumer: Families Across CNY Are Moving Into Homes Once Used As Meth Labs & Do Not Even Know It; Remnants Of Chemicals Make Homes Potentially Hazardous To Health - Schumer Announces First-Ever Fed Law Requiring Homeowners To Alert Buyers or Renters That Home Was Once Used To Make Meth Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 15, 2015 Gillibrand & Booker Meet with NY, NJ Families About New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana & Announce Endorsement of Epilepsy Foundation Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
March 10, 2015 Booker, Paul & Gillibrand Announce Bipartisan New Medical Marijuana Bill to Allow Patients -- Including Veterans -- to Access Necessary Care without Fear of Federal Prosecution Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
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