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Left to right: Marisa M. Silveri, Deborah Hasin, Keith Cooper, Beau Kilmer and Richard Saitz partake in a panel on the legalization of marijuana hosted by the Boston University School of Public Health Thursday. COURTESY OF MICHAEL S. SAUNDERS/ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

SPH hosts forum to explore future of post-legalization of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts

Victoria Bond October 30, 2018
Members of the Boston University community and other university professors addressed questions around the legalization of recreational marijuana at a forum Thursday in the School of Medicine’s Hiebert Lounge.
Narcan nasal spray, which can be used to stop opioid overdoses. State funds for Narcan are running low, so prices will be raised across Massachusetts. PHOTO COURTESY NARCAN/ADAPT PHARMA

Naloxone prices increase for first responders

Sarika Ram April 9, 2018
For first responders, the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone is more expensive than it has been in years. This past fall, a state fund discounting naloxone for first responders depleted, doubling the price of Narcan — a brand name of naloxone nasal spray — to $71 per box of two units for police and fire departments across the state.

Advocates for supervised injection facilities bring model SIF to Medical Campus

Anu Sawhney February 5, 2018

SIFMA NOW, a grassroots organization advocating for the legislation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs) held a model installation of one of these facilities at Boston University’s Medical Campus...

GRAPHIC BY SHIVANI PATEL / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Powerful opioid could exacerbate epidemic in Mass.

Carina Imbornone October 19, 2016

By Shijie Ye and Carina Imbornone Massachusetts health agencies are responding to last month’s U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration public warning about the spread of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid...

A Boston University School of Public Health study finds consistent inequalities in the air pollution across Massachusetts. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

BU receives grants to study alcoholism, HIV/AIDS

Blau Ramos October 16, 2016

Boston University and other major research universities received a $12.3 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to research the link between alcoholism and HIV or...

A new study conducted by the Imperial College of London found that "gut hormones" diminish participants’ cravings for food, tobacco and alcohol. ILLUSTRATION BY ANNALYN KUMAR

New study finds “gut hormones” diminish people’s cravings

Rebecca Zeng January 21, 2016

For all those wishing to finally succeed at a cleanse and cut out calories, tobacco and alcohol, new research could lessen the pain and difficulty of the journey. "Gut hormones" are the hormones that...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks Wednesday in the Massachusetts Statehouse during the Safe Home Coalition launch in Boston to address prescription drug misuse. PHOTO BY ELAINE ANDERSON/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Safe Homes Coalition launches to combat medication misue, opioid addiction

Alejandra Jimenez October 1, 2015

  Aiming to reduce the misuse and abuse of prescription medications in the Greater Boston area, anti-drug organization Safe Homes Coalition launched a program Wednesday to help combat the opioid...

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