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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince's representatives arranged for the musician to meet a California doctor to help him kick an addiction to painkillers shortly before his death, according to a newspaper report published Wednesday. Prince's representatives called Dr. Howard Kornfeld on April 20, the day before the musician
new hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. – When President Barack Obama turned his attention last week to the opioid and heroin overdose epidemic that has ravaged families across the country, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte may well have wondered what took him so long. In 2014, Ayotte, a Republican, was a co-sponsor in 2014
Massachusetts
LYNN, Mass. (AP) – Sharon Johnson calls herself an addict, although she's been sober for three years now. She started by smoking pot and eventually moved to crack cocaine. Her daughter has tried heroin and "I believe I'm going to pull her out of the gutter
Charlie Baker
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday declined to endorse the boldest proposal from the nation's governors to tackle the heroin crisis: limiting the number of high-powered painkillers doctors can prescribe at a time. A recommendation to limit the number opioid painkillers that doctors can hand out gained
Massachusetts
BOSTON – In Thursday night's State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Charlie Baker called for bold actions to break the back of the beast of addiction. Baker looks to disrupt a status-quo adherence to treatment plans that haven't proven successful in combating opioid and heroin use. He
Massachusetts
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
Maura Healey
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
Massachusetts
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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