Professor George Leibowitz, an expert in addiction and public health issues weighed in on the opioid crisis in a NY Times article on November 3.
Last year opioids claimed the lives of more than 300 county residents. As it has across the country, the heroin and fentanyl epidemics have upended families from all socioeconomic backgrounds in Suffolk. George Leibowitz, a professor in the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University, said opioid addiction was the most pressing public health crisis on Long Island.
“Everyone has some exposure to the problem, whether personally or through someone at work or a neighbor,” he said. “People are worried.” Click here for full article.
