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Overview of the opioid crisis and its impact
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Council Member Narcisse provides an overview of the opioid crisis, emphasizing its long-standing impact on New Yorkers and their families. She draws from her experience as a registered nurse to offer insights into the nature of addiction.
- Highlights that the opioid crisis has been ongoing for over a decade
- Compares the current opioid crisis to the crack epidemic of her time
- Emphasizes that addiction is a disease, urging for a shift in perspective on how substance abuse is viewed
Mercedes Narcisse
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The opioid crisis, which has been raging for over a decades now, in my time, it was crack, but has affected this has affected thousands of New Yorkers and their loved ones.
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And from being a registered nurse, I can tell you firsthand, it it is a disease.
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Unfortunately, we're not taking, ones that are addictive to drugs as a disease, but it is a disease.