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The Godzilla of opioids

June 10, 2016 By senedmarkey

Imagine an illicit drug so powerful that a dose of just three salt-sized grains is fatal.  A drug so dangerous that first responders answering a 911 call reporting an overdose should wear hazmat suits to protect themselves from exposure to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: customs border patrol, first-responders, heroin, hospitals, massachusetts, Massachusetts general, opioid epidemic, opioids, police assisted addiction and recovery initiative, senate, treatment

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

August 6, 2015 By SamTracy

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

A Plan to Stop a Silent Killer

October 14, 2014 By senedmarkey

A Plan to Stop a Silent Killer By Senator Edward J. Markey Heroin and prescription drug addiction is an equal-opportunity destroyer of lives and families across Massachusetts are struggling with the recent scourge of overdoses that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: federal, health-care, heroin, massachusetts, prescription-drugs

A&E Documentary Highlights Heroin Problem in MA Suburbs

March 23, 2008 By frankskeffington

Did you know that nearly as many people die of opiate overdose (Heroin, Oxycontin, ect) in Massachusetts each year than US soldiers killed in Iraq combat?  (In 2005, which are the latest numbers I found for Mass., 627 people died of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: heroin

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