With an average of one overdose death in Erie County each day, Judge Hannah’s court is on the frontline of the spiraling opiate crisis. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Judge Craig Hannah presides at Opiate Crisis Intervention Court in Buffalo, New York. At the same time, Buffalo drug court administrators had noticed that potential participants were dying between arraignment and being referred by court treatment coordinators. Last week, Donald Trump initially pushed back against calls to declare a national emergency over the opiate crisis and spoke instead on the importance of law and order. It’s still early days for Judge Hannah’s opiate court, but with each turnaround the path out of the crisis may become more apparent.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2017 03:56 UTC