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With ‘fentanyl everywhere’ and Black deaths soaring, Massachusetts advocates test ways to save livesArmed with a $1.6 million in federal funds, advocates in Brockton, Massachusetts set out to reduce overdose deaths by 40%. Then COVID hit, and the crisis spiraled, with fentanyl lacing drugs like crack and cocaine.
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It’s hard to appreciate her entire career without being aware of the ways in which the studios chewed up and spat out workers like Judy Garland.
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Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Margret Cooke said the 9% climb in overdoses from 2020 to 2021 is "problematic" for the state.
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Each defendant in the Massachusetts drug lab case who qualifies under the class action settlement would receive a minimum of $150. Some could get more than $1,000.
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While many states use civil commitment, Massachusetts is believed to be the only state that, under the law known as Section 35, court-orders some men to treatment inside jails and prisons even if they haven't committed any crimes.
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After Steve Hoffman, the first chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, abruptly resigned, a former commissioner said new members can be a little more bold.
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Massachusetts lawmakers are debating whether to continue supporting programs that lock people inside jails and prisons for addiction treatment.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said 338 local governments have signed on to access the opioid settlement funding.
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Personal use of controlled substances like heroin or cocaine would be decriminalized and access to in-patient substance use disorder treatment beds would be expanded under a plan Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Danielle Allen unveiled Wednesday morning.
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The head of a Northampton nonprofit that helps people addicted to drugs gave up his high-powered career after getting sober from opioids. Now he works to help others who are living on the streets with addiction.