Staten Island Reels as Drug Overdose Deaths Spike, DA Pleads for Help

 

By Melissa Russo

Overdose deaths from heroin and other opiates are on track to increase by more than 50 percent this year on Staten Island, and the borough's new district attorney told NBC 4 New York that there aren't enough resources to combat the frightening trend.

At least 48 people have died from overdoses on the island so far in 2016, according to Staten Island DA Michael McMahon. The prosecutor said that the the increase has left his office strapped, and city administrators haven't responded to his request for roughly $1 million in new funding.

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Source: NBC News