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ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CODES

NOTICE OF ROUNDTABLES

SUBJECT:
A Comprehensive Approach to the Opiate and Heroin Crisis

PURPOSE:
To examine and discuss current policies related to opiate and heroin abuse, including treatment options, in order to develop awareness and potential legislation

Albany
Monday, May 12, 2014
11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Room 104-A
Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY

New York City
Thursday, June 5, 2014
10:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.
Room 2225, 22nd Floor
250 Broadway
New York, NY

Participation by Invitation Only

Illicit opiate and heroin use has sharply increased recently throughout the country, including New York State. There are daily news reports of opiate overdoses, which often result in death. This scourge has especially affected young people throughout the state. These roundtables will examine the problem from a public health perspective and explore solutions including prevention, treatment options and possible legislation. The roundtables will include representatives of groups from across the state, including chemical dependence prevention and treatment providers, physicians, drug policy experts, and law enforcement.

Please see the reverse side for a list of subjects to which participants may direct their comments.

Persons invited to participate at the above roundtable should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation. In order to further publicize this roundtable, please inform interested parties and organizations of this upcoming roundtable discussion.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Steven Cymbrowitz
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

Richard N. Gottfried
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Health

Joseph R. Lentol
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Codes




SELECTED ISSUES TO WHICH PARTICIPANTS MAY DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS:



ROUNDTABLE REPLY FORM

Persons invited to present comments at the public roundtable examining "A Comprehensive Approach to the Opiate and Heroin Crisis" are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, email or fax it to:

Nathaniel Jenkins
Analyst
Assembly Committee on Codes
Room 513, Capitol
Albany, NY 12248
Email: jenkinsn@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: 518-455-4313
Fax: 518-455-3669
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