Parker seeks to expand local drug treatment centers
State Sen. Kevin Parker, the ranking member on the State Senate Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Committee, said the issue of drug addiction is deeply personal to him. “I have lost family members to substance abuse, and understand firsthand its devastating effects on individuals and their families,” he said in a remarkably candid statement this week.
As the legislative session wound down in Albany, Parker (D-Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Ditmas Park) announced that he has introduced a series of bills aimed at combating drug abuse in New York state.
One piece of Parker’s proposed legislation would establish a public awareness educational program on the dangers of heroin. Another bill would expand community chemical dependency treatment programs.