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Heroin Task Force Tackles Stigma In Dyker Heights: “Nobody Wants A Treatment Center In Their Backyard”

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Tomorrow Night: “Stand Against Drugs” Town Hall At Kings Bay Y

Source: Group Health Cooperative / YouTubeThe Kings Bay Y and Dynamic Youth Community are inviting the community to attend a “Stand Against Drugs” town hall meeting tomorrow evening, January 22, 7:00pm at the Kings Bay Y, 3495 Nostrand Avenue. Doors open at 6:30pm. Part of an initiative that has

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Cymbrowitz, Golden Push Gambling Impact Study As State Moves Forward With Casino Expansion

Source: sincerelyhiten/FlickrThe following is a press release from the offices of State Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: A bill introduced by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) to commission a comprehensive study on the social impact of problem gambling has gained a valuable sponsor in the Senate and was cited during expert testimony

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Cymbrowitz Proposes Bill To Strengthen Community Input In Placement Of Drug Treatment Facilities

The proposed location for First Steps to RecoveryIn the midst of the summer drama centered around a proposed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility on East 21st Street, Assemblyman Cymbrowitz blasted the agencies involved for ignoring community input. He promised a legislative solution that would force these agencies to consider local

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State Pulls Plug On East 21st Street Rehab Center

The proposed location for First Steps to RecoveryThe state agency charged with approving drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers has reversed course, choosing to reject a controversial clinic slated for East 21st Street after initially allowing the project to go forward. The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) on

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Reviled Rehab Clinic Owners Says Scavo’s Comments Were Offensive, Threatens Hate Crime Complaint

The proposed location of the facility.The owner of the controversial drug rehabilitation facility attempting to plant its flag on East 21st Street and Jerome Avenue has shot back at local leaders who’ve opposed the plan, saying that their comments mocked his own personal disability in order to score

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Bullet Points: Neighbors Outraged By CB15 Vote Approving Drug Abuse Treatment Center

“Bullet Points” is our format for Community Board 15 meeting coverage, providing takeaways we think are important. Information in Bullet Points is meant only to be a quick summary, and some issues may be more deeply explored in future articles. Neighbors Demand Board Rescind Support For Drug Counseling Center: Residents

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One Rehab Center Approved, Another Denied: CB Says It’s About Style

Community Board 15 voted in favor of permitting one drug rehabilitation center in the neighborhood, but voted down another, saying that the owners’ attitudes made all the difference. At the November 27 meeting, the Board gave the nod to One World Counseling, a newly-formed entity proposing to develop a drug

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Tomorrow: Prescription Pill Take Back Day – Get Rid Of Your Expired Or Unused Drugs Safely!

Source: e-MagineArt.com/FlickrPrescription drug abuse is on the rise, and, for the youth, is often their gateway to harder drugs. After marijuana, prescription drugs and over the counter medication are the most commonly abused drugs among youth, according the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and approximately one in nine

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Cymbrowitz Concerned About Seven New Casinos In NY, Increase In Addiction Problems

The following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Chairman of the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, which has jurisdiction over compulsive gambling issues, has voiced his concern, in an address before the Assembly, that increased casino gambling opportunities in New York

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Poll: Should New York Legalize Gambling?

Governor Cuomo and the New York State legislature announced earlier this month that the state will consider a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling to put money in state coffers. Legalization could raise as much as $2 billion, but legalization would happen no sooner than 2014. The amendment would need