So many of us interpreted Bob Dylan’s declaration that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows” as a call to dispense with Big Brother. Lo and behold, it is the right wing that is devoted to destroying government as we know it and, unsurprisingly, endangering us all along the way.
'Reviving Our Hearts for Justice: An Interfaith Call to Action' seeks to revive people’s spirits for the work of social justice in the Berkshires and beyond.
Great Barrington police estimate that three to five people a day drop off old meds at their take-back receptacle, which is the size and shape of a mailbox and sits to the right of the window at the police desk.
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.
The website is a resource that illustrates and explains the complex nature of the disease of addiction, the role that legal prescription medications and illegal substances play in the epidemic, and its impact across the demographic spectrum in Massachusetts.
“Opioid use disorder is a chronic disease, and this epidemic is a complex and persistent problem that will not be solved through a single solution.”
--- Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel
