Jelly Roll urges Congress to pass anti-fentanyl trafficking legislation
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll testified before a Senate committee about the importance of prioritizing the fentanyl crisis.
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Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll testified before a Senate committee about the importance of prioritizing the fentanyl crisis.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is backing supervised injection sites for the first time.
Thousands of purple flags were planted on Boston Common to mark International Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday.
She says the eatery failed to get help for her son.
Police in New Hampshire say they used two doses of Narcan to revive a Dracut mother who overdosed in a car.
Prosecutors said 35-year-old Ryan Campbell told Worcester Police he had taken heroin 25 minutes before the crash on Harding St. Friday.
Unregulated sober houses have been popping up all over the Cape Cod Community, often with little notice.
According to officials, the nine-year-old boy, who had been left alone, waited and then told an employee that his father had been in the bathroom for a long time.
Manchester Police were called to an apartment on Conant Street around 6 a.m. Tuesday and found the little boy unresponsive.
A mixture of cocaine and fentanyl is to blame for two deadly overdoses that prompted a hazmat response Monday morning.
A woman who was seen overdosing in front of her two-year-old daughter on cellphone video last November could have charges against her dropped if she remains clean and sober for two years.
Video showed Mandy McGowan passed out in a store after a drug overdose with her daughter trying to wake her up.
As Learn to Cope continues to grow, support group meetings held by each chapter across the state are the backbone of helping people deal with the opioid and addiction crisis.
A mother who overdosed in front of her two year old daughter at a Lawrence store is speaking out about her addiction and determination to get help.
Police and investigators with the Essex District Attorney's office are looking into whether a Salisbury woman died from the opiate-based painkillers doctors gave her after treating her for a heroin overdose.
Easton Public Schools will have Narcan available in case of an opioid overdose.
A surge in overdoses claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people in the state last year.
Officials are investigating after a N.H. man arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs died while in state police custody.
Massachusetts state police are reporting more than 200 suspected heroin overdose deaths during the first three months of this, a figure that doesn't even include the state's three largest cities.
New Hampshire wildlife experts are looking to eliminate chocolate as bait after four bears died at a bait site in September from a chocolate overdose.
The incident is the latest in a town that is grappling with a seemingly growing drug problem.
The state of emergency follows a sudden spike in overdoses from people ingesting a synthetic drug called "Smacked."
The alarming increase in the number of fatal drug overdoses in recent months, has prompted action on the part of government leaders.
Several New England venues are canceling concerts and increasing security measures, after recent overdoses of the club drug "Molly".
WBZ has learned investigators suspect the club drug Molly is to blame for Flannigan's death.
