BOSTON — More than a year after voters rejected a plan to legalize “magic” mushrooms, advocates have renewed the push on Beacon Hill for the use of psychedelic…
Read more Legalization of ‘magic’ mushrooms back in the runningBOSTON — Massachusetts corrections officials say they’re making progress curbing the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into the state’s prisons. A report released Wednesday by the Massachusetts…
Read more State touts progress keeping drugs out of prisonsBOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway stations, citing a lack of…
Read more MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosksSALEM — A group of about 30 community members walked from the Salem Common to Riley Plaza on Thursday as a part of the annual Walk for Overdose…
Read more Annual Salem Walk for Overdose Awareness emphasizes need for community supportBOSTON — Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone experiencing an opioid overdose: she…
Read more Lawmaker hosts naloxone training at StatehouseThe Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport schools. During the committee’s meeting…
Read more Rockport school board updated on opioid preventionBOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling, according to the…
Read more Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Mass., NHBOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling, according to the…
Read more Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in MassachusettsBOSTON — Supporters of psychedelic mushrooms are urging voters to approve a referendum legalizing the hallucinogenic drug for “therapeutic” use, but critics argue the move would jeopardize public…
Read more Question 4: Should the state legalize psychedelic mushrooms?LAWRENCE — Sheriff Kevin Coppinger plans to stand before hundreds of police chiefs this month and tell them how he’s bringing drugs into Essex County jails. It may…
Read more Sheriff expands inmate drug treatment program to The FarmBOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose deaths in the past year.…
Read more Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain highWorkers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for renewed efforts to reduce the…
Read more Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdosesWorkers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for renewed efforts to reduce the…
Read more Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdosesA study based on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more people in the United States use marijuana daily than alcohol, with 17.7 million…
Read more Study Finds Daily Marijuana Use Outpaces Alcohol In U.S.CBD’s hot streak shows no signs of cooling down any time soon, as shown by the eagerness with which consumers snap up products containing this cannabis compound. The…
Read more These are the 8 best CBD gummies you can buy, period – Medical Marijuana Program ConnectionBETHESDA, MD—According to a new report released Friday by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the tobacco industry knew about the harmful effects of flicking a lit…
Read more Report Finds Tobacco Industry Aware Of Harmful Effects Of Flicking Lit Cigarette Into Giant Trail Of Gasoline For YearsThe Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the overdose-reversal drug Narcan without a prescription, a move long sought by advocates to aid the national response to the…
Read more FDA Approves First Over-The-Counter Narcan To Reduce OverdosesThe FDA has confirmed a nationwide shortage of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication Adderall due to manufacturing issues, with the shortage expected to last through the end of the…
Read more FDA Announces Adderall Shortage
