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Cruel and Unusual — Our Treatment of Drug Offenders | All Politics Are Local

Yonah Gross October 17, 2022
Giving therapy to an addict saves their life, locking them in prison is a death sentence.
person holding a narcan demonstration device

Seven North Shore cities encourage residents to carry Narcan

Sam Trottenberg April 2, 2021
A new campaign seeks to curb opioid overdoses through education and increased access to medication.
Purdue Pharma L.P. pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to criminal charges for the company's marketing and selling of opioids, which led to a nationwide opioid crisis. NICOLAS TEPPER/DFP FILE

BU professors analyze Purdue Pharma shutdown, aftermath

Kyla Denisevich November 6, 2020
Around 450,000 people have died from opioids since the turn of the century, and many companies are to blame for the drug's overprescription and misuse.
Around 52,000 people died in 2015 due to drug overdoses related to the opioid crisis. PHOTO COURTESY OF US AIR FORCE

Massachusetts General Hospital holds panel, discusses emergency opioid treatment

Daily Free Press Admin September 11, 2018

By Avery Carlisle and Minali Prasad Massachusetts leads the nation in decreasing opioid prescriptions, as the nation fights the ongoing opioid crisis. Massachusetts General Hospital continues this...

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ann Cudd at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering about public health Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Elizabeth Warren praises BU, discusses opioid crisis during campus visit

Noor Adatia December 10, 2017

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren lauded Boston University as an institution that “honors science and truth and fact,” at an appearance on campus Monday afternoon. BU invited Warren for a conversation...

The Baker-Polito administration, the Commonwealth’s four medical schools and the Massachusetts Medical Society announced Monday a set of medical education core standards focused on preventing and managing opioid misuse. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Medical school curriculum expanded as effort to battle statewide opioid addiction

Ellen Cranley December 18, 2015

The Boston University School of Medicine announced changes in its curriculum as part of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s efforts to address the statewide issue of opioid addiction, according to a Sunday...

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