STATE HOUSE — In the latest attempt to showcase support for his approach to the opioid crisis, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday met with medical students who backed up his effort to codify the teaching of pain management and safe prescribing practices in medical school curriculums.
Baker, who plans to testify for his opioid bill Monday with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, last week announced he had reached agreement with the state's four medical schools to standardize the teaching of pain management as part of the core curriculum for future doctors. Baker said that in the conversations that led to the agreement he learned that most schools offered instruction on pain management, but the amount of time and focus varied by school and discipline.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his congressional critics and liberal-leaning advocacy groups that say changing the detention facility's ZIP code won't solve the problem.
Groups like Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that moving the terror suspects to U.S. soil doesn't end the policy of indefinite detention.
