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NEW HELP TO QUIT MENTHOL TOBACCO PRODUCTS
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Gift Cards Totaling $50 Can Motivate Smokers and Vapers to Quit Smoking and vaping may put people at higher risk of complications from COVID-19, especially because they can weaken the immune system and damage the lungs. So, this is an especially good time for those who smoke or vape to…
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Methamphetamine *Virtual* Training
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With the increasing trend of methamphetamine use across Massachusetts continuing to rise, there is an urgent need to become prepared in addressing this emerging threat. Join us for an hour presentation on methamphetamine followed by a question and answer session! Please use the link below to register for the training…
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Merrimack Valley Substance Use Disorder Symposium
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You’re Invited! We are excited to announce the third Annual Substance Use Disorder Symposium on December 7, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and restrictions on large gathering of people we have decided to host this year online! All sessions will be available via a zoom platform and we will again be…
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Overdose Awareness Day – Monday, August 31st
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Lowell House Addiction Treatment and Recovery is hosting a virtual vigil for Overdose Awareness Day. https://www.lowellhouseinc.org/currents-events-at-lhatr Please join us to not only remember the loved ones we have lost to the opioid crisis, but for stories of hope from people in recovery who live amazing lives, and also how we…
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In Shadow of Pandemic, U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Resurge to Record
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Drug deaths in America, which fell for the first time in 25 years in 2018, rose to record numbers in 2019 and are continuing to climb, a resurgence that is being complicated and perhaps worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, according to preliminary data…
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Support Groups
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ADDITIONAL MEETINGS: 8/31/20 at 7:30pm and 9/1/20 at 9:30am. Check out the summer schedule here: Zoom Summer GRG Group Schedule For more information, visit The Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
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Recovery Café Lowell – WE’RE OPEN
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Download the flier here: RCL Reopen flyer 07-14-2020 Download the flier with tabs here: RCL Reopen Flyer 07-14-2020 tabs Recovery Café Phone Number: 978-677-6087
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Exchanging COs For Clinicians, Mass. Makes Changes To Involuntary Addiction Treatment In Prison
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Correction officers will no longer be in charge of men involuntarily committed to addiction treatment at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center (MASAC) at the state prison in Plymouth. The Baker administration said MASAC is undergoing a “comprehensive transformation.” The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which…
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As opioids flooded tribal lands across the U.S., overdose deaths skyrocketed
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ADA, Okla. — Zach Williams checked himself into a hotel room, sat down on the edge of the bed and waited. Chills soon racked his body, and he started to shiver. He couldn’t keep food down. He was drenched in sweat. For two days in 2018, the 37-year-old Native American…
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