Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The closing of Methadone Mile ‘comfort station’ is a life or death issue

Editors September 3, 2021
Politicians should provide actual treatment options for people with substance abuse issues rather than removing essential resources that mean life and death for the residents of the Methadone Mile.
Boston mayoral candidates John Barros, Andrea Campbell, Kim Janey, Annissa Essaibi George, Jon Santiago and Michelle Wu at the Suffolk County House of Corrections May 28. The candidates addressed criminal justice reform, mental health resources and more at their first in-person mayoral forum. COURTESY OF PETER VAN DELFT

Suffolk County Sheriff Department holds first in-person 2021 mayoral forum

Madison Mercado June 2, 2021
Six Boston mayoral candidates debated in the first in-person forum of the year last Wednesday.
Massachusetts Avenue in South Boston, which intersects with Melnea Cass Boulevard at the center of “Methadone Mile.” LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh unveils new plan to curb growing opioid epidemic

Sonia Rubeck October 10, 2019
The plan will focus on improving public safety, making more public health services available to drug users and maintaining quality of life for residents.
Load More Stories
Activate Search
Mass and Cass 2.0