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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a new law that aims to foster greater diversity in the legal marijuana industry and gives the cannabis commission oversight of host community agreements.
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Addiction experts are calling on lawmakers to advocate for more federal funding and a change in strategy to fight the opioid epidemic.
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The latest data from the state Department of Public Health indicates a spike in fentanyl use is contributing to the rising number of fatal overdoses.
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Connecticut is close to meeting its goal for distributing naloxone, the generic name for Narcan, an emergency drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
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Connecticut lawmakers are considering how to spend some of the state’s opioid settlement money.
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Vermont writer Archer Mayor wears many hats. After finishing more than 40 mysteries set in the Brattleboro area, Mayor says he will pause his writing to perform more death investigating for the State of Vermont. His forthcoming book, "Fall Guy" is due out in late September.
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The law enforcement effort comes as opioid overdose rates are again spiking in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
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The civil lawsuit was one of the last tied to former Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Anne Kaczmarek's disputed handling of the case against disgraced ex-chemist Sonja Farak.
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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.