• Webinars to discuss allocation of opioid settlement funds

  August 31, 2023
  The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has contracted with JSI Research & Training Institute to provide training and technical assistance to municipalities regarding the allocation of opioid settlement funds. JSI...
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  April 2, 2018
  ...some eastern Mass. cities begin new eras of leadership under new mayors. Boston Globe Mass. cities, towns cautious or confused about how to spend millions in opioid settlement funds. WBUR...
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• Deadline for joining opioid settlements is Jan. 2

  December 9, 2021
  ...Office of the Attorney General, Attn: Opioid Settlement Team, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108; or • Registering online using their municipality’s unique registration code and completing the sign-on process...
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• AG, DPH to host virtual forum about statewide opioid settlements on June 24

  June 16, 2022
  ...p.m. The forum will provide information about settlements with opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal and McKesson and opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. Attendees will learn about when and how abatement funds...
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• AG and local leaders celebrate $525M to abate opioid crisis in Massachusetts

  April 6, 2022
  ...impact of opioids in their community. “Amesbury is no stranger to the opioid crisis, with nearly a dozen deaths in the last year due to opioid drugs,” Gove said. “It...
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• How to help when opioid misuse enters the workplace

  October 15, 2018
  While the past year has brought some modest improvements, opioid misuse and related deaths are still a national crisis, and the opioid-related death rate in Massachusetts is more than twice...
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• Cities, towns urged to sign on to agreement providing millions to abate opioid crisis

  November 4, 2021
  ...received a notice regarding the national opioids settlement in September. The notice, sent by National Opioids Settlement, states, “Please note that there is no need for subdivisions to be represented...
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• Mass. cities and towns join opioid lawsuits

  February 23, 2018
  ...Association and coordinator of the organization’s Opioid Working Group, said the federal cases allege fraud and misrepresentation by pharmaceutical companies that marketed opioids as a treatment for long-term pain. The...
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• Methuen takes collaborative approach to mental health, homelessness, addiction issues

  January 17, 2024
  ...and each year after we have a plan for our opioid settlement money. “Even though it is a 20-plus person team, there has been great cohesion and great focus on...
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