As part of an opioid use and prevention study, a mobile outreach van offering syringe exchange services and naloxone distribution is in Sandwich three days a week to assist residents
As part of an opioid use and prevention study, a mobile outreach van offering needle exchange services and naloxone distribution is in Sandwich three days a week to assist residents
FALMOUTH – After a year of increased opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts, first responders, healthcare workers, policy makers, law enforcement, researchers and other community shareholders will come together June 5 in a virtual “Falmouth Forum on Opioids and Overdose” to discuss and educate the public about innovative approaches to help ameliorate the effects of this crisis and related policies.
Special guest will be Dr. João Goulão, Portugal’s Director General of the Service for Intervention on Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies, who has been recognized for global leadership in helping to improve the opioid crisis in his country over the past 20-plus years.