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Opioid overdose epidemic comes into focus for NE governors

BOSTON – Sharing a table at Harvard Medical School in Boston, New England's six governors pledged Tuesday to crack down on drug trafficking and share data from state prescription-monitoring programs. Levels of optimism varied among the four Democrats and two Republicans on the panel, as did the finger of

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Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’

ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the devil's lust for money as he led a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 people Sunday in this violence-riddled city. "Let us get

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Attorney General Healey pushes for new fentanyl trafficking crime

Written by Andy Metzger The state's top law enforcement officer proposed legislation Monday that would create a new crime of trafficking in fentanyl, an extremely potent opiate with a high that matches heroin.