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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of October 30, 2017 ~ 'Raising awareness of a public health crisis'
October 30, 2017
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ISSUE:
- Heroin and Opioid Addiction
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Raising awareness is fundamental work. It’s difference making. I can’t do enough to commend and encourage all of the local law enforcement, education, government, health care, media, and civic leaders undertaking it. To say nothing of every concerned citizen engaged in this battle.
Senator O'Mara offers his weekly perspective on many of the key challenges and issues facing the Legislature, as well as on legislative actions, local initiatives, state programs and policies, and more. Stop back every Monday for Senator O'Mara's latest column "From the Capitol..."
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