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As Prescription Opioid-& Heroin-Related Deaths In New York Continue To Climb, Senator Gillibrand Holds Roundtable On Solutions To End Epidemic

Opioid-Related Deaths at All Time High; Deaths in the Bronx Increased Over 48 Percent Since 2004; 51 People are Killed Every Day by an Overdose Involving Prescription Opioids Senator Gillibrand’s Legislation Would Require CDC to Issue Guidelines for Prescribing of Opioids for Treatment of Acute Pain Gillibrand: “When someone gets a tooth out and only needs medication for three days, why are they sent home from the doctor’s office with 30 Percocet?”

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