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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database documenting opioid overdoses they hope will help departments share information in real time and get people into treatment. The database was developed by criminal justice experts Sean Varano at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, and Pam Kelley with Kelley Research Associates in Massachusetts...

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — Police in Yarmouth used two doses of Narcan to revive an unresponsive man Saturday afternoon and investigators believe the man may have been experiencing an overdose after smoking marijuana laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl...

NEW BEDFORD - The Bristol County District Attorney's Office is investigating a possible fatal overdose in a New Bedford hotel. New Bedford Police logs indicate police responded to a sudden death just before 1 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Inn & Suites on MacArthur Drive. Th...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man who had apparently overdosed in his car now faces charges. Police were called to the intersection of Hadley Street and Acushnet Avenue before 10 P.M. Wednesday for a report of a man possibly overdosing in a vehicle...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts city is considering a proposal to create publicly accessible boxes containing Narcan, the medication used to counteract opioid overdoses. Cambridge officials say a passer-by who found someone suffering from an overdose could administer the drug before medics arrive...

Police work does not end just because an officer’s shift is over. New Bedford Police Sgt. Greg Demers was leaving police headquarters Tuesday, April 4, when, with assistance from other officers, he helped save the life of a 21-year-old Dartmouth man who was overdosing in a passing vehicle...

Multiple news outlets are reporting that a 57-year-old woman died Sunday afternoon as the result of an apparent heroin overdose. The incident occurred in the 100-block of Summit Street. The woman was found by a family member shortly before 4:30 p...

NEW BEDFORD—The medical examiner is investigating the death of a 36-year-old New Bedford man Wednesday from an apparent drug overdose Wednesday at a home on Whitman Street. Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene. Evidence of apparent drug use was found at the scene...

NEW BEDFORD - A Fairhaven woman faces charges after police say she overdosed in her car. New Bedford Police say 48-year-old Tracy Hobson of Sconticut Neck Road was found passed out in her car on Campbell Street before 5 a.m. Wednesday...

NEW BEDFORD - A 25-year-old Acushnet woman was found unresponsive in the bathroom of a New Bedford convenience store Monday, police said. Police were called to Costa's Mini-Mart on Belleville Road before 3 p.m. Monday for a report of an unresponsive woman in the bathroom...