Meth Again

Thomas F. O'Mara

May 9, 2012

We’ve seen an alarming and a troubling increase across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions over the past year in the incidents of addiction, violence and tragedy that are the by-products of rampant methamphetamine production and use.

The officers of the Southern Tier Methamphetamine Task Force continue to do outstanding work to protect our communities.

But none of us can sit back and allow our region or anywhere else in New York State to serve as a safe harbor for meth labs, meth addicts or meth pushers. The risks are too great and the consequences too overwhelming for the safety of our neighborhoods, our police officers and our first responders, to say nothing of local systems of health care, criminal justice and social services.

So I'm that a series of tougher new laws will help in the prosecution and punishment of meth crimes.

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"These new laws have continued to strengthen the foundation we’ve built over the past several years to place New York State at the forefront of a new, potentially billion-dollar industry," said Senator O'Mara, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

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“It’s the least we can do for our volunteer firefighters and their families,” said Senator O'Mara.

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Senator O'Mara has sponsored numerous meetings and forums on the future of rural public transportation, including one with Senator Jim Seward (r.) in Cooperstown in 2015.

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Meth Again

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Legislation approved to help expand industrial hemp industry regionally, statewide: O’Mara and Southern Tier Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo have sponsored laws encouraging the industry’s growth

Senate and Assembly approve legislation giving volunteer firefighters health care coverage for job-related cancer diagnoses

Senate and Assembly approve O'Mara's legislation creating ‘Upstate Transit Funding Board’ to ensure long-term viability of public transit systems

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of June 19, 2017 ~ 'A duty to combat heroin and opioid crisis'

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