Opioid deaths

REPORT: Pittsfield Sees Slight Increase In Opioid Deaths Despite Statewide Decline

Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts continued a steady decline in the first three months of the year, according to the latest opioid-related overdose deaths report released Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health...

Tom Conklin

Overdose Deaths In Massachusetts See 2017 Decline

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts public health officials say for the first time in several years there was a decline in 2017 in the estimated number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the state.

THE AP