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Commentary: Could budget constraints be the key to improving addiction care?

Credit: Getty Images. The Hochul administration’s recent directive that all state agencies review their regulations with an eye to reducing state...

24.10.2025 2

Times Union

Robert Kent

Another Voice: State needs changes to address addiction, overdoses

Ryan not only has the experience, first as chief of staff for the Erie County Legislature, then as state assemblyman and finally as state sena…...

25.06.2025 9

The Buffalo News

Robert Kent

Commentary: Still time for lawmakers to address ongoing opioid crisis

Credit: Getty Images. The recently adopted budget does little to improve the state’s response to the crisis that exists in the addiction care...

16.05.2025 2

Times Union

Robert Kent

Commentary: State lawmakers, have you forgotten about the opioid crisis?

Credit: Getty Images. Recently, a leader in the addiction care field said to me: “Our field is in trouble. Not the normal trouble. Real, serious...

04.04.2025 5

Times Union

Robert Kent