Opioids: An Epidemic Plaguing Westchester County
April 9, 2018
"There’s no discrimination on age, race, religion, anything. Some people become addicted by getting prescribed regular medication, like pain killers. It goes into heroin," said Sean Hagan, a sergeant in the Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force, of the far reaches of addiction to opioids that...
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