opioid crisis

"We need more help in battling the opioid crisis in Fall River." That was the plea made to Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey during a visit to Fall River on Monday afternoon. According to the Fall River Opioid Task Force, Fall River has seen 41 opioid-related deaths in 2017...

Massachusetts currently has a five year minimum sentence for people who kill while driving while under the influence. A five year minimum for someone providing a fatal dose of opioids just might serve as a deterrent.

Sometimes things just get so outrageous you have to stop and think,  am I dreaming this?  You just can't make this stuff up! Let's take the state's "opioid crisis" for example. With multiple overdoses occurring on an almost  daily basis here in the region the Baker Administration is ready to declare it's opioid law a "national model...

Dartmouth Select Board Chairman Shawn McDonald says we need new tactics to win the war on drugs. At Monday's meeting, the board discussed a recent letter sent by New Bedford's City Council regarding the surrounding area's resources for drug treatment...