On the opioid abuse front, Baker called on the Legislature to pass his Cares Act, and pledged that over the next five years his administration has plans to add 500 new treatments beds.
New Bedford Police will join local police departments across the state and the State Police in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over (DSOGPO), an enforcement mobilization and public information campaign.
District attorneys from across the state on Thursday announced they would dismiss convictions involving evidence tainted by former state drug lab chemist Sonja Farak, a number the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts tallied at more than 6,000.
A series of messages aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of opioid abuse will be rolling through New Bedford on buses operated by the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority.