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The hypocrisy of allowing alcohol ads on the MBTA

October 6, 2015 By SamTracy 2 Comments

It's looking like the MBTA, which has refused advertisements from groups that educate patients about medical marijuana, may start allowing makers of a highly addictive drug to advertise their wares on the T. From WBUR: As the MBTA looks to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advertising, alcohol, drug advertising, drug-policy, drugs, mbta

Governor’s Councilor Jubinville wants to decriminalize heroin — and that’s a great idea

August 6, 2015 By SamTracy 46 Comments

Yesterday, Governor's Councilor Robert Jubinville sent a letter to state leadership recommending we decriminalize heroin and establish state-run methadone clinics to combat the opiate overdose crisis. From the Taunton Daily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, decriminalization, drugs, governor, heroin, opiates, overdose, Portugal

Massachusetts Senators Should Champion Federal Medical Marijuana Bill

March 17, 2015 By SamTracy Leave a Comment

Last Tuesday, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act, the first time in history a comprehensive bill to legalize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: CARERS Act, cory booker, criminal-law, DEA, drug-policy, drugs, ed-markey, marijuana, markey, medical marijuana, national, rand-paul, us-senate, warren

Prescription Drug Addiction: A Medical Condition, Not A Moral Failure

April 24, 2012 By PaulHeroux 4 Comments

Close to Home Prescription drug abuse and addiction is prevalent in America yet it lurks in the shadows. We don't like to talk about it because of the stigma associated with it. But if you are still reading this, you probably know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: attleboro, crime, criminalization-of-mental-illness, drug-policy, drugs, mental-illness, plainville, prescription-drugs, tough-on-crime

Ford Hall Forum: “AIDS, Social Justice and the Politics of Transformation” (9/30/10)

September 28, 2010 By aidsaction Leave a Comment

This event is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House, a museum and National Historic Landmark dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, as part of the Partners in Dialogue series. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aids, boston, discussion, drugs, event, forum, health, health-care, hiv, homophobia, lecture, poverty, racism, sexism, transphobia, violence

Crunch time for sentencing reform

July 19, 2010 By barb-dougan Leave a Comment

Homeward bound. There are well over 2,000 men and women serving mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses in Massachusetts.  Certainly some of them deserve to be in prison, and for lengthy sentences.  But many others received … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drugs, mandatory-minimums, massachusetts, sentencing

Hooked on prison: the case for drug sentencing reform

March 12, 2010 By barb-dougan 10 Comments

In December the non-partisan Crime and Justice Institute noted that over the past 10 years, the budgets for the state's prisons and jails have grown at a faster rate than the budgets for most other state services.  Indeed, the budgets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drugs, house, massachusetts, senate-bill, sentencing-reform

Making another Boston Miracle

August 20, 2009 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Now at the head of the Coalition, he aims to duplicate and expand on the successful violence reduction of 17 years ago. As a long-term mediator between rival gangs, he knows that such immediate and critical action is key to the work. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, churches, drugs, gangs, rev.-brown, tenpoint-coalition, violence, youth

PhRMA and the public good

February 19, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 9 Comments

Money for comparative effectiveness research for drugs was salvaged in the federal stimulus, despite the intense lobbying of the drug industry. This is a good thing. PhRMA has criticized the bill, arguing (risibly) that somehow more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: drugs, health-care, phrma, stimulus

Drug makers love ignorance

February 10, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 28 Comments

via Krugman, we see that PhRMA would like to keep us as their pet mushrooms: Kept in the dark, and fed nothing but @#$%. WASHINGTON -- The drug and medical-device industries are mobilizing to gut a provision in the stimulus bill that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auerbach, costs, disclosure, drugs, health-care, health-care-costs, massachusetts, phrma, prescription-drugs

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matthewpgifford Matthew Gifford @matthewpgifford ·
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Good morning Cambridge!

Team @cdempc is starting the day out and about in the community chatting with morning commuters, if you see our signs stop by and say hi! #mapoli

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mike_champagne Champagne 🍾🇺🇸| 🇺🇦 @mike_champagne ·
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Ahh MA political commercials have started. #MAPOLI

Note that the GOP governor won’t bad-mouth Baker but will swing low talking about working families struggling to live in MA due to tax-addicted politicians in the state house/governor mansion.

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Mayor Petty takes significant cash lead over Kennedy in Worcester state Senate race https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2022/07/06/joe-petty-has-cash-lead-over-robyn-kennedy-state-senate-race/7815184001/ @marco_cartolano #mapoli

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qpalfrey Quentin Palfrey @qpalfrey ·
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Holtec must not be allowed to dump radioactive waste into the delicate ecosystem of Cape Cod Bay. As AG I'll stand up to Holtec and other polluters looking to damage our natural environment in Massachusetts. #mapoli
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/metro/epa-warns-company-dismantling-pilgrim-plant-against-dumping-waste-water-into-cape-cod-bay/

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karenspilka Senate President Karen Spilka @karenspilka ·
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Proud to co-author this op ed with @MA_Senate Education Chair @SenJasonLewis in @CommonWealthMag on our efforts in the Senate to transform the early education and child care system in Massachusetts https://bit.ly/3AtZIdx #mapoli 1/3

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trurorenfro 🥬 Barry Escarole 🥬 @trurorenfro ·
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts deserves better than this dog whistling schmuck.

The troopers who lost their license to carry may now apply like any other citizen for a new license from the police chief of the towns where they reside.

Diehl is a dink. #voteblue #mapoli

Diehl For MA @DiehlForMA

I'm disappointed by reports in the Boston Herald that MA state troopers fired for refusing to get vaccinated now will also lose their firearms licenses. I stand with these troopers, their health care decisions & their freedom; 1st responders are heroes & deserve better treatment.

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