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This unique buyback program aims to reduce needle litter in Boston

by brandedbybritt | September, 2021 | Press Coverage

The effort eases a nuisance, but doesn’t solve the growing problems of addiction and drug use on city streets.An unusual program has cleaned up hundreds of thousands of discarded needles in Boston by buying them from homeless people who collect them from streets and...

Opioid crisis must not be forgotten (Editorial)

by brandedbybritt | June, 2020 | Press Coverage

By The Republican Editorials   The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that confirmed or estimated opioid deaths in the first quarter of 2020 was down 5.7% from the previous year. Any reduction in numbers is good news, but Gov. Charlie Baker...

Learning from COVID-19: Catalyzing Change to Address the Overdose Crisis

by brandedbybritt | June, 2020 | RIZE News

The past few months have been marked by unimaginable tragedy. The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 100,000 lives across the United States, with the greatest on Black and Latinx communities demonstrating the ongoing impact of racism on health. COVID-19...

RIZE Massachusetts extends “Saving Lives, Improving Health” grants

by brandedbybritt | June, 2020 | RIZE News

RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it has extended its inaugural grant program, Saving Lives, Improving Health: Redesigning Opioid Use Disorder Care, and will distribute an...

Comfort stations: Connecting those most in need to services

by brandedbybritt | June, 2020 | RIZE News

During this generation-defining pandemic, caring for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) requires hands-on tactics to meet people where the need is greatest.  RIZE Massachusetts is collaborating with the City of Boston and community-based organizations to help...
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