MORE THAN A YEAR NOW. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT NUMBERS, BUT IT’S REALLY A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE. PEOPLE RAVAGED BY THE OVERDOSE CRISIS. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM OPIOID ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Fentanyl is helping to drive the opioid crisis across the country and is the most common drug involved in overdose deaths. Drug dealers have been mixing fentanyl with other ...

The clinics that control methadone are driving people out of treatment and back to a toxic supply of street drugs.

After more than six years of legal wrangling over pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma's culpability for its role in the opioid epidemic, a federal judge has formally approved a bankruptcy settlement ...

People who leave jail and prison are at extremely high risk of a drug overdose, research shows. In this study of people with probable opioid use disorder in Massachusetts county jails, those who ...

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – More than 1,400 people died of opioid overdoses in Massachusetts last year. “It’s a topic that just comes up when you’re driving around or just talking to people,” said Ian ...

Massachusetts hospitals get compliance guidelines for offering meds to opioid addicts After a 2018 state law required about 80 Massachusetts hospitals and satellite emergency rooms to offer ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts has collected tens of millions of dollars from multi-state settlements with drug makers and distributors over their alleged role in fueling the nation’s deadly opioid crisis. A ...

NIH-funded study demonstrates life-saving potential of providing medications for opioid use disorder in carceral settings A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that ...

Over six months, more than 60 people receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder answered surveys on their smartphones about their mental health, psychological state and ...