For Subscribers
Is addiction a brain disease?
The opioid abuse epidemic is a full-fledged item in the 2016 campaign, and with it questions about how to combat the problem…
opioid addiction
For Subscribers
Baker, Walsh urge swift action on opioid bill
STATE HOUSE — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday to urge the Legislature to "swiftly act" on…
For Subscribers
Medical schools leaders commit to pain management teaching
Written by Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE — In an effort to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, state officials and deans of the four…
For Subscribers
Addict amnesty: Gloucester police give heroin addicts rehab, not jail
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The young woman nursing a fresh black eye has come to the police station in this old fishing city…