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Engagement Center Finding Success Near Boston’s Troubled 'Mass and Cass'
Boston's 'Mass and Cass' area, with its large homeless population and open-air drug market, remains a trouble spot for city officials, but staff at …
Narcan Trainers Enlist Public’s Help in Preventing MA Overdose Deaths
At libraries, colleges and even movie theaters, more people in Massachusetts are learning how to prevent an opioid overdose death by administering …
Pilot Plan Begins in MA to Rate Addiction-Treatment Centers
BOSTON - Massachusetts will be the first state to participate in a new, national system to rate addiction-treatment programs. The Massachusetts …
Mass. Leads U.S. in Fentanyl Overdose Death Rate
BOSTON – Massachusetts reached an all-time high in fentanyl overdose deaths this year, according to new data from the state Department of …
Report: Tougher Drug Laws Don’t Reduce Overdose Deaths
BOSTON - A new, 50-state study finds that putting more people in jail for drug offenses doesn't reduce drug use or overdose deaths. On Monday…
Lawmakers Face Dueling Versions of Marijuana Legalization
BOSTON – State lawmakers are working against an end-of-month deadline to try to reconcile two competing versions of the marijuana legalization b…
Will Lawmakers "Honor the People's Will" on New Marijuana Law?
BOSTON — Bay State voters approved a ballot measure legalizing adult possession of marijuana earlier this month - and lawmakers are already disc…
Test Case Tackles Commonwealth's Mandatory Minimum Sentences
BOSTON - It is now up to the state's highest court to determine whether a judge in a drug case can impose a sentence lower than the mandatory minimum…
Mass. House Bill Aims to Curb Flow of Millions of Painkillers
BOSTON - State lawmakers passed a measure in the House this week that would limit the prescriptions that most doctors write for pain medications to a …
A Cigarette By Any Other Name: E-Cig Concern in Commonwealth
BOSTON - Electronic cigarettes - also known as e-hookahs, hookah pens and vape pipes - are growing in popularity in Massachusetts. Celebrities in …
MA Health Centers Get $3.4 Million to Reach Out To More Patients
BOSTON - The federal government is giving 35 community health centers in the Commonwealth a total of more than $3.4 million to better reach uninsured …
Happy Birthday, Medicare
BOSTON - Happy Birthday, Medicare! On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed into law the bill providing low-cost hospitalization and medical …