Politics & Government
Town Addresses Heroin Epidemic in Viral Video [YouTube]
Not-for-profit organization Kings Park in the kNOw aims to tackle the local drug problem.
Following the arrest of the Town of Smithtown took to its YouTube channel to discuss the local epidemic and "Kings Park in the kNOw," a group dedicated to eliminating drugs in the community.
The SmithtownGTV channel aired the video the day after the announcement of the arrests, documenting the purpose and goals of the not-for-profit organization. While the group is Kings Park based, the scope has expanded to other local communities throughout the Town of Smithtown.
"We basically want to see drug dealers and drug users out of our town ... There's an epidemic going on so we're reacting to what we've seen on the streets, what we're hearing from our families, we're trying to keep it out of our schools and out of our town," Executive Director of the organization Debbie Danley said in the video.
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