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new hampshire

Ayotte welcomes Obama’s turn to drug abuse fight

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

Opioid crisis confounds efforts to rein in deadly results

BOSTON – Professionals on the front lines of fighting the opioid epidemic offered advice to lawmakers Monday about how to tackle drug abuse and addiction as frustration began to show among some legislators with the lack of action. Rep. Randy Hunt, an East Sandwich Republican and member of the Mental Health

Massachusetts

Baker would let doctors detain drug abusers for 72 hours

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