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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
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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