Tag: fentanyl

"As a parent, and someone who’s worked with young people who are at risk, I’m very concerned with how we protect young people from marijuana. We know that marijuana is devastating for developing brains. If your kids get drunk before school, you’re going to notice. But if they’re smoking marijuana, it’s a lot harder to tell." --Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington

“Dopesick” is about a drug that was sold as non-addictive, but is so incredibly addictive it is almost impossible to kick. It kills more Americans than the wars we are fighting.

Clearly we have a problem with addiction in this country, but we also have a problem with pain management. Living in constant pain can destroy a person.

The Railroad Street Youth Project’s South Berkshire Community Health Coalition is partnering with the Center for Motivation and Change in New Marlborough on a three-part training for parents who are concerned about their child’s drug and/or alcohol use.

This is the third consecutive quarterly report in which the number of estimated and confirmed opioid-related deaths has declined.

After Ethan Morris, 18, of Housatonic, provided officers with several Xanax pills, he was placed under arrest.

No matter what action is taken to treat drug abuse what must happen first is that a dialogue has to begin. We have to talk.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's first quarterly opioid report of 2017 showed an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl and declines in the presence of heroin and prescription opioids in opioid-related deaths.