“I have very close family members who have been directly affected by the opiate crisis … They struggle with addictions that were brought on by the exact marketing tactics that the Sacklers used to make billions of dollars.”
F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
By 2014, it was a full-court press, with Suboxone lobbyists pushing more than 10 bills on Beacon Hill
GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS
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We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller there. Because our diminished metro news outlets have trouble covering […]
EXIT DRUGS IN THE GREEN ZONE
From the doc’s office to the dispensary, Mass continues to fight opioids with cannabis
DIRTY OLD BOSTON: HEROIN DAZE
An abridged trudge through Boston’s long, repetitive history of opiate abuse
MASS (KIND OF) HAS WEED, STILL OTHERS SUFFER ELSEWHERE
The hypocrisy and stubbornness is only compounded when pondering the plight of veterans, who in many cases literally have to break the law in order to get much-needed relief for injuries sustained while serving Uncle Sam and all of us.
JUSTIN CLANCY AS HIMSELF
The North Shore artist confesses about sneaking out to break in
NIGHTMARE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
A documentary about how the idiot media helped elect a moron POTUS
SIF SPACE: WILL MASS BE THE FIRST STATE WITH SAFE INJECTION FACILITIES?
“People are dying across the state … We need to be open to whatever might be helpful to protect people from the worst consequences of their addictions.”
THE HIGH AND THE MARTY
Boston Mayor Walsh is a lousy anti-addiction spokesperson
