Mass Innovations, From the Beacon, April 2015 North Reading’s “Community Impact Team” was created three years ago to combat opioid abuse. It has evolved into a far-reaching social services program,...
...preemption of local health board regulations and zoning bylaws, regulation of “edibles,” and the murky legal status of recreational sellers and users under federal law. Citing the current opioid...
...response to the growing statewide opioid epidemic. The House and Senate bills do not include the recommendation filed in July by Gov. Charlie Baker to provide $25 million to...
...include “significant funding” to support law enforcement efforts to address the opioid crisis. The governor capped his appearance by wrapping his arm around MMA President David Dunford and turning...
...plans to obey federal law, but that a higher priority is combating the opioid crisis. “I think that understandably causes some concern among people who want to work in the...
...her commitment to battling the opioid crisis, a topic discussed by a number of speakers, including U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, as well as during workshops throughout the...
...finance, public records legislation, opioid addiction, and energy and net metering. The October meetings were the MMA’s 17th round of Legislative Breakfasts, which have been held on Friday mornings...
...officials, for making strides toward the goal of having no homeless families placed in hotels and motels. On the opioid epidemic, he said he’s “proud of the bipartisan work...
...at a time when the state is still struggling with an opioid epidemic. The Commonwealth’s expansion of health insurance coverage, which predates Obamacare, will not inoculate the state from...
As the city continues to fight the nationwide opioid epidemic, Worcester’s Health and Human Services Department is educating other city departments as well as the public about the science of...
