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The Community Care Clinic in Springfield has clinicians, psychiatrists and social workers that speak English, Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Farsi, Amharic, Swahili, French and Portuguese.
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With overdose deaths at a record high, Massachusetts is funding an overdose prevention hotline. People using drugs call a toll-free number. Staff monitor them and notify emergency responders if they stop responding.
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Northampton already offered Narcan indoors in municipal buildings during business hours, but the new boxes will make the drug available around the clock.
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The company that makes the spray is shipping out hundreds of thousands of doses to retailers starting Wednesday, marking the first time the drug will be available without a prescription at pharmacies nationwide and online.
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Preliminary data shows there were 2,357 overdose deaths in 2022 in Massachusetts. Deaths among Black people who use drugs spiked — 42%.
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All seven people Gov. Maura Healey is seeking pardons for were recommended for clemency by the Massachusetts Parole Board or conditional executive clemency by the Advisory Board of Pardons.
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Massachusetts law says health care providers must contact child protective services any time a newborn has been exposed to opioids, including in-utero exposure to prescription medication used to treat an addiction to opioids. That can punish women in recovery, compelling some to stop treatment, according to a new study.
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As Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey earned a reputation for being tough on opioid manufacturers. Now that she's in the state’s top job, some say they're still waiting to learn her plans for addressing the crisis.
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In a county jail in western Massachusetts, like in others around the U.S., officials are encouraging music lessons. Incarcerated men and women are finding the payoff is evident while locked up, and — research shows — also when they're out.
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Naloxone has been used to reverse thousands of opioid overdoses in Massachusetts every year. Now, some local advocates worry that a federal decision to make one brand, Narcan, available without a prescription could make the overdose reversal medication too expensive for some users.