Officials, victims applaud new drug law
Photo credit: Newsday/Ted Phillips | Teri Kroll, whose son Tim died after using prescription drugs and then eventually heroin, testifies during hearing in Albany chaired by New York State Sen. Kemp Hannon. Hannon was expected to introduce a package of bills Monday designed to improve tracking of narcotic painkillers. (Feb. 13, 2012)
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For Teri Kroll, a recently passed law aimed at curbing prescription pain-pill abuse statewide is personal.
The Lindenhurst woman's son Timothy, 23, died of a heart attack after years of drug addiction. She said she blames a Massapequa doctor for prescribing high dosages of oxycodone to her son. In October, that doctor, Saji Francis of Melville, was sentenced to 6 months in jail for illegally...
