Schumer: Restore fed funds to fight drugs
Quick ReadThe New York area would lose between $1.2 million to $1.5 million in funding from the $10 million it received last year.
Photo credit: Photo by Ed Betz | Senator Charles Schumer speaks about federal funding for a drug enforcement program during a press conference in Massapequa Park, NY, Monday, March 15,2010. Left is Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
NY senator slams proposed cuts to drug-deterrent program
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Heroin on the rise on Long Island
With the price of a bag of heroin now as low as $6, the federal government should not cut next year's funding of a critical intelligence program that monitors drug trafficking in high-risk areas like New York, Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday.
The proposed 12 percent cut to the national High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program undermines efforts to battle the rising drug abuse epidemic...
