A judge issued an injunction ordering the operator of the house at 7 Plymouth St. to relocate three of the building’s six residents and to correct several ongoing code violations at the property.
Category: Addiction crisis
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Deadly fentanyl raises stakes for addicted fishermen
Since 2015, fentanyl has killed fishermen more than anything else. More than car crashes. More than work-related accidents. More than heart disease or cancer.
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Video: ‘We were lost’ — New Bedford family recalls struggles, overdoses … and death
Charabel Baroody was 20 when he died of acute fentanyl intoxication. It was his second overdose and followed tumultuous teen-age years that included behavioral conditions and bullying.
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Rep. Keating supports ‘safe injection’ sites to reduce overdoses
‘Are we going to try and save lives, or not act and let people die?’ — U.S. Rep Bill Keating, who hosted a summit on addiction at UMass Dartmouth
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City weighs options for spending millions from national opioid settlement
“We might get the best bang for our buck by enhancing programs that exist, but at the same time, doing some innovation or thinking about things outside of the box I think is really important.” — New Bedford Health Director Stephanie Sloan
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New Bedford residents die of overdoses at twice the statewide rate. How can we end this epidemic?
At least 541 people have died of an accidental drug overdose in New Bedford since 2015. The cycle of drug use is often intertwined with housing instability, poverty, and mental illness.
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Addiction treatment beds imperiled by state reimbursement rates
“Our providers really want to treat MassHealth. But we simply cannot continue to do it with a rate that’s not viable.” — David Matteodo, director of the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems
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A mother’s anguish: Two sons lost to drug overdoses
Dartmouth mom Tuesday Desrochers mourns her sons Maxwell, who died this month, and Caleb who died in 2017. “I just started screaming because there’s no way I could have lost two.”