Massachusetts News

The start of the school year and new routines brings new worries about teen vaping. These concerns are important, especially now, because smoking and vaping may put people at higher risk of complications from COVID-19. One in three Massachusetts teens vape and talking with young people about the dangers of…

It’s summer, the Commonwealth is opening up, people are socializing and now is a good time to talk with your teens about vaping. The MA Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, recently launched a vaping education campaign for youth: Facts. No…

The Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) are reaching out to treatment providers, hospitals, and health centers in response to the recently published bi-annual opioid report. The data shows a dramatic increase in fatalities for the first time since 2016. This is most evident…

The increase wipes out five years of progress, with a toll much higher among Black and Hispanic people. Opioid-related overdose deaths increased by 5 percent in Massachusetts last year and rose dramatically among non-Hispanic Black men, as the pandemic erased the state’s recent progress in combating the addiction crisis. In…

BOSTON — Executive Director Allie Hunter and Co-Founder and Board Chair John Rosenthal are pleased to announce 19 police departments in Massachusetts and Maine have been chosen to participate in the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative’s (P.A.A.R.I.) One2One: Engagement to Recovery program. Piloted in the spring and summer of…

For more than two years, several South End and Newmarket leaders have asked for some sort of needle buy-back program, and that request has now been granted as a grass-roots company has begun buying back needles to be destroyed onsite at a location in the South End. South End Forum…