Massachusetts opioid abuse News

Opioid Alternatives Can Be Hard-to-Find and Costly

Ken Manning’s head is held up by two metal rods, four plates, and 17 screws in his neck. Since falling off a frame at a carpentry job in the early 2000s, he has had four surgeries, leaving his tanned neck …

Massachusetts Emergency Workers Responding to More Opioid Overdoses

It all starts with a $20 to $30 purchase. That’s the average street price of heroin today, according to Framingham, Massachusetts, Police. But if that one purchase is a bad batch, too strong, or if the user injects too much, …

Mass. Health Insurers Partner With Police to Help Heroin Addicts

Health insurers in Massachusetts are pitching in to help the Gloucester Police Department with their well-known program to get heroin addicts into treatment. Under a pilot program launched Monday, members of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans will help addicts …