opioids

Fall River Police are taking a new approach to combatting the city's heroin crisis.

As the nation's opioid addiction epidemic continues to rise, dozens of physicians from local emergency departments gathered Thursday evening to discuss methods of preventing even further growth.

During their Thursday night meeting the New Bedford City Council voted to declare a State of Emergency regarding the city's opioid crisis.

Two New Bedford City Councilors filed a motion to discuss the medical marijuana dispensary industry and its possible role in the city during Thursday's meeting, suggesting it can boost the local economy while also driving down opioid addiction.

You may associate massages with relaxation, but you might want to start associating them with pain relief. Instead of using opioids, message may be an option for pain relief. Researchers from the Samueli Institute in Virginia looked at databases of medical studies to find those testing massage for the treatment of pain...

Members of the legal, legislative and medical fields gathered at the University of Massachusetts School of Law Friday to participate in a roundtable discussion on the opioid epidemic and legal solutions to the crisis.

A Mattapoisett man was arrested after a month long narcotics investigation by detectives from the South Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMLEC).

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker paid a visit to the New Bedford Joseph Abboud factory Tuesday to take a closer look at the largest men's tailored clothing manufacturer in North America.

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.

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts doctors and health insurers would be encouraged to take new approaches to treating pain in legislation unanimously approved by the Senate.