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The Daily Free Press

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Post Hack-a-thon encourages participants to build on plans to combat opioid addiction. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hack-a-thon explores prevention, treatment, aid methods for opioid addictions

Lauren Frias January 26, 2017

Drug overdose is the leading cause of unintentional deaths in the country, according to a 2016 study published by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Opioid addictions are at the forefront...

Participants in the Opioid Epidemic Challenge Summit hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital and GE discuss ideas for tackling the issue of opioid addiction Friday. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Opioid Challenge Summit and Hack-a-thon creates new solutions to opioid epidemic

Allegra Peelor September 15, 2016

On any given day in the United States, 78 people die from an opioid-related overdose, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This number is only rising, according to...

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