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The American College of Emergency Physicians will vote at an October meeting on whether to formally disavow its 2009 position paper supporting excited delirium as a diagnosis that helped undergird several court cases. The draft resolution also calls on ACEP to discourage physicians who serve as expert witnesses from promoting the theory in criminal and civil trials.

The American College of Emergency Physicians will vote in early October on whether to disavow its 2009 research paper on excited delirium, which has been cited as a cause of death and used as a legal defense by police officers in several high-profile cases.

Supporters of the project argue that lives hang in the balance, but opponents argue that the plan will simply transfer the chaos at Mass. and Cass to the park.

Donald Joseph Coletti, 79, of Berlin, MA, formerly of Hudson, MA, and Quincy passed away peacefully August 23rd, at home with family.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will give law enforcement more authority to remove tents, and add more shelter beds, as the city looks to address worsening conditions in an area that's become a stubborn symbol of the region's opioid crisis.

City officials and health care professionals on Wednesday toured the now-dilapidated facilities. Inside, the buildings are in an eerie state of disrepair, nine years after being abandoned when the Long Island bridge shut down.

Wu described the permit as a crucial step for the bridge’s rebuild Thursday and said that city officials hope to complete the project within four years to allow access to the 35-acre recovery center.

Boston has cleared a major regulatory hurdle to rebuilding the Long Island bridge, which would reconnect the mainland with a recovery campus on the island.

Tania Del Rio, who coordinates the city’s Mass. and Cass response, said the target will be those who engage in “dangerous behavior."

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