Christie pardons New York woman after her drug recovery

(AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has pardoned a New York woman who says she turned her life around after she entered drug recovery and gained her sobriety more than three decades ago.
Christie pardoned Gail Naples, of Greenwood Lake, New York, on Friday at his office in Trenton.
Naples grew up in Cresskill, New Jersey, and says she stole in order to support her heroin addiction. She says she had two felonies on her record and first became addicted to heroin after a painkiller prescription expired.
She says she's been sober since 1984. She credited recovery programs with prevailing over addiction.

The pardon comes the same week Christie unveiled $200 million in new state spending to address the opioid crisis. He also chairs President Donald Trump's commission on opioids.