
“HEROIN ISLAND”: THE FIX
Clip: 5/30/2017 | 9m 16s
Staten Island D.A. Michael McMahon discusses his plan to curb Heroin Epidemic.
In just the first 31 days of 2017, there were seven overdose deaths and a total of 18 suspected overdoses on Staten Island – and that’s just a small sliver of the larger drug epidemic plaguing the borough and the city. Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon is here with a plan that may not only help his community, but it may help yours as well.
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“HEROIN ISLAND”: THE FIX
Clip: 5/30/2017 | 9m 16s
In just the first 31 days of 2017, there were seven overdose deaths and a total of 18 suspected overdoses on Staten Island – and that’s just a small sliver of the larger drug epidemic plaguing the borough and the city. Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon is here with a plan that may not only help his community, but it may help yours as well.
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