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Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of January 29, 2018 ~ 'Timely reminders on the regional opioid crisis'
January 29, 2018
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The research focused on Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates, and five other regional counties. From 2015 to 2016, the study reports more than 600 heroin overdoses occurred across the region.
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