Tom Reed Holds Opioid Abuse Roundtable in Jamestown

Area congressman Tom Reed on Friday heard from people involved directly with the battle against drug addiction across the region. About two dozen local officials, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, and the families of overdose victims took part in an opioid abuse roundtable with Reed at the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County. Reed has already held a few roundtables across his district, but this was the first in the Jamestown area...

Tom Reed on opioid abuse roundtable

The Corning Republican says it's also important to hear what constitutents have to say about the recently signed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. President Obama signed the measure earlier this year in response to the nationwide heroin and opioid epidemic.  Reed says it was equally important to hear from the parents of two overdose victims who were at the roundtable...

Tom Reed: heard from victim's families

Reed says law enforcement officials, including Jamestown Police Chief Harry Snellings and Assistant Chautauqua County District Attorney John Zuroski, urged federal lawmakers not to eliminate part of the penal code that deals with drug dealers. He says mid- and higher-level dealers are very aware of the law and ways to get around it.

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