Massachusetts Health Officials Looking for Post-Drug-Use Monitoring Sites

Massachusetts public health officials are interested in finding organizations that can set up facilities to monitor people after illicit drug use.

They would be called "medical observation and monitoring services," as The Boston Globe reported Tuesday. The facilities would feature a nursing staff and clinicians. They would be responsible for checking vital signs and administering oxygen and intravenous fluids, as well as providing naloxone, an overdose-reversing drug, if needed.