Just a few hundred feet away from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's home in Swampscott on Saturday, more than 100 people gathered to send a message: they want the state to reopen its economy and to do it quickly.
Super Happy Fun America organized the demonstration ,which featured as speakers its president John Hugo, Camp Constitution director Hal Shurtleff, attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo, among others, to voice their displeasure with Baker's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
A legislative committee has endorsed a bill that would establish at least two places in Massachusetts for consuming illegal drugs.
The bill calls upon the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to create a 10-year pilot program for at least two so-called safe injection facilities, where drug addicts could inject heroin and other opioids under the supervision of health professionals who could intervene in case of an overdose.
