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  April 2, 2018
  ...over ‘sanctuary city’ policies. Boston Globe Holyoke seeks public input on how to spend $1M opioid settlement funds. New England Public Media Climate change could cause more sewage pollution for...
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• With Plymouth ARISE, town confronts opioid crisis

  January 22, 2025
  ...to receive over the next 10 to 15 years through the National Opioid Settlement and the Massachusetts State Subdivision Abatement Agreement. While infusing much-needed money into communities, the settlements have...
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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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• RIZE offers funding to aid in opioid crisis response

  October 31, 2025
  ...the Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Municipal Matching Grant Program uses funding to bolster municipal efforts to address the opioid crisis through...
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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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• EPA negotiates settlement over MS4 stormwater permit

  February 14, 2020
  ...by unfunded mandates on municipalities. The proposed settlement agreement and links to the amended permits are posted to the Federal Register at bit.ly/MS4settlement. Public comments were accepted through Jan. 27....
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• Opioid Task Force releases recommendations

  July 16, 2014
  ...parallels a national trend, with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deeming prescription opioid overdose deaths an epidemic in 2013. For the full task force report, visit: www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/substance-abuse/opioid/report-of-the-opioid-task-force-6-10-14.pdf...
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