Narcan

A New Bedford man is dead of an apparent drug overdose. New Bedford Police Detective Captain Steven Vicente tells WBSM News a 51-year-old man was found unresponsive in the bed of his Mitchell St. apartment around 3pm Sunday after receiving a call for a potential overdose...

In regards to the Weymouth firefighter who is on probation for 90 days without pay due to his controversial Facebook post, Brian gave his two cents on the Narcan debate...and semi-agrees with the firefighter!

A Weymouth firefighter has been disciplined for posting a message on Facebook in which he disparages drug users and the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, known as Narcan. The Weymouth Fire Department announced Monday that Mark Carron would be suspended for 90 days and undergo mandatory counseling...

If someone wants to do illegal drugs let them. However, government(s) shouldn't make the taxpayer foot the bill if the addict overdoses. Local government should not force people to stay in a hospital, under surveillance, if they repeatedly OD in a 24 hour period...

The New Bedford City Council continues to look at new ways to curb the growing opioid crisis on city streets with a new motion filed Thursday evening.

Forty Massachusetts communities, including New Bedford, are receiving state funds to help stockpile supplies of a drug that can counter opioid overdoses. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's administration on Wednesday announced the $700,000 in grants that will go to many of the state's larger cities, along with smaller communities that have averaged four or more opioid overdose deaths in recent years.

(Associated Press) - Massachusetts cities and towns can begin purchasing the overdose reversal drug naloxone at a discounted rate. Attorney General Maura Healey made the announcement Wednesday, at the start of the holiday season. Healey said the holidays are traditionally a time when overdose rates have spiked...

The lifesaving drug used to reverse opioid overdoses will soon be stocked in several New Bedford public schools.

Why are there so many heroin overdoses all of a sudden? It's happening here and all across the country. And the short answer is people are reportedly overdosing on dangerous narcotics like fentanyl that has been mixed with heroin. To put this in perspective, fentanyl is 30 times more potent than heroin and is usually used for painful surgical procedures...

The body count in New Bedford continues to rise because of what officials say is an opioid abuse crisis in the city. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says so far in September, there have been six fatal overdoses in the city. There were seven in August...