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Massachusetts legislators nix overdose prevention sites in stalled opioid bill
“It’s an act of political cowardice,” one advocate told GBH News. -
A Massachusetts jail initiative is helping prevent deadly overdoses when people go home
Medications approved for treating opioid use disorder — Suboxone, naltrexone and methadone — have made it possible to see progress in preventing overdoses among people reentering free society. -
Worcester health workers detect powerful animal tranquilizer mixed with opioids
Recent blood tests from people who've overdosed showed an animal tranquilizer called medetomidine. -
Overdose prevention centers could move forward in Massachusetts under Senate bill
A bill up for a vote Tuesday in the state Senate includes liability protections for harm reduction sites, if cities and towns choose to open them. -
Tensions brew over proposed Shattuck redevelopment at Boston City Council hearing
Plans to add more than 800 beds, many for people recovering from addiction, drew sharp pushback at a City Council meeting Thursday. -
Boston families will have access to grants from opioid settlement funds
The city of Boston announced the "Family Overdose Support Fund" for families who lost loved ones in the opioid epidemic. It's the first use of the city's payments from Massachusetts' $230 million settlement with opioid manufacturers. -
'We need it yesterday' say families urging establishment of overdose prevention centers
State bill would permit overdose prevention centers; they are still illegal under federal law. -
Worcester officials discuss increase in fatal opioid overdoses
Deaths due to opioid overdoses have steadily increased in Worcester in recent years. -
How do physicians manage severe pain in patients with a history of opioid use disorder?
GBH's All Things Considered host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Peter Grinspoon, an addiction specialist and instructor in medicine at Harvard, about how best to support injured patients at risk of relapse. -
Overdose deaths in Mass. on track to top 2000 for the 8th year in a row
The state Department of Public Health is renewing a call from several years ago to establish sites where people could use drugs under supervision in an effort to bring down overdose deaths.
