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STATE HOUSE — Massachusetts women civilly committed for substance abuse treatment will no longer be sent to prison and instead will be referred to one of the 60 new state hospital beds slated to open this year under a law signed by Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday. "For the past
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STATE HOUSE — Attorney General Maura Healey will announce the formation of a new state-federal coalition to meet regularly to share information and cooperatively prosecute prescribers, pharmacists and others who illegally supply opioids, according a senior official in the attorney general's office. Healey plans to detail the partnership at
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STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts House on Wednesday morning gave initial approval to a bill aimed at reducing opioid abuse and deaths, setting the stage for consideration in the afternoon of nearly 80 amendments. Aimed at curbing substance abuse and making addiction treatment easier to access, the bill sets a seven-day
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BOSTON (AP) — Two former students of a prestigious Rhode Island boarding school spoke haltingly or cried Tuesday as they detailed being sexually abused as teenagers by an ex-athletic trainer. A third former student said he was raped with a broomstick by another pupil and described how his assault was so
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Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation Tuesday making it a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison for trafficking the potent synthetic opiate fentanyl, which law enforcement has blamed for numerous overdose deaths. "We're not only talking a lot about this issue, but we're
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It has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster: Big stars. Big budget Hollywood advertising push. Dark, salacious story line. But the new movie, "Spotlight," which chronicles the Globe's revelations of the sexual abuse of children by some Catholic clergy, is also bound to be filled
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As if the Affordable Care Act's massive increase in government intervention in the U.S. health care system was not enough of a problem, it appears that the system practically invites waste, fraud and abuse, according to a series of government oversight reports. In the latest report, the
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BOSTON – Clamping down on opioid drug abuse by limiting quantities of prescribed medication, requiring closer prescription monitoring and giving doctors greater power to hold patients for involuntary treatment are just some of the ways Gov. Charlie Baker wants to ease a crisis that has claimed thousands of Massachusetts lives in
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