By The Bay State Banner Growing up in the Roxbury and South End neighborhoods, Yahaira Lopez is one of many who has cut through Clifford Park to get to Target and Stop & Shop. Now, she can’t bear to walk through it. The last time she did this past year, Lopez was...
By The Patriot Ledger This three-day series looks at how the Quincy Police Department’s Narcan program continues to save and change lives. Today: The ongoing coronavirus crisis has overshadowed an epidemic that has been killing Massachusetts residents for more than a...
By Lowell Sun LOWELL — The Life Connection Center — a community center offering meals and other support for those in need in Lowell — will get a $45,000 harm reduction grant from a non-profit foundation working to end the opioid overdose epidemic. RIZE Massachusetts...
By El Planeta RIZE Massachusetts, a nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, announced Thursday, October 15, that it will invest nearly $ 1.1 million in grant programs designed to improve racial equity in healthcare and to...
By CommonWealth HE HAD JUST LOST his father to COVID-19. His dad had succumbed to this relentless disease while living in a long-term care facility. He was just beginning to cope with that loss. Then, it got worse. Two weeks later, he lost his son. His son died after...
By MassLive We are facing a terrible public health crisis affecting thousands of individuals and families in Massachusetts. The disease can be difficult to discover, diagnose and treat. While it can harm people of all backgrounds, it disproportionately impacts some of...
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 remains...
The opioid epidemic: A complex social crisis requires a multi-pronged solution. By Stratton Lloyd, COO and vice president for Community Leadership at Essex County Community Foundation.
AMHERST – Friday, September 6, 2019 – As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across the Commonwealth, a new report released today details the unique challenges faced by small and rural communities in Western Massachusetts in combatting the disease...
Opioid Use Disorder: Strategic Grant Making Can Reduce Harm And Increase Hope by Julie Burns and Dr. Sarah Wakeman
Help us exponentially increase our impact on the opioid epidemic across the Commonwealth.
