The already-devastating opioid crisis is getting worse. The fatality rate of 33.5 per 100,000 people reflects a 2.5 percent increase over 2021 and a 9.1 percent increase from 2016, the pre-pandemic peak.
Another Look at Supervised Drug Use Sites
Some Massachusetts municipalities have been working to stand up overdose prevention sites despite the lack of a regulatory framework or support from legislative leaders.
"We are going to add to it by making sure that we have up-to-date data as well as conversations with other municipalities and jurisdictions that have moved forward with safe injection facilities or overdose prevention sites," he said."Those include neighbors to our south in Rhode Island, where they're thinking through this process, folks down in New York City, where there's something that's active, and others across the country and really across the world.
"Governor Healey believes harm reduction strategies are an important part of mitigating the opioid crisis," Healey spokesperson Karissa Hand said in a statement."She supports allowing communities to decide what's best for their residents, including the option of setting up safe consumption sites, given the urgent need to help connect people with treatment services, address stigma and save lives.
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