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Laurie McDougall was sitting outside her bathroom while her son was shooting up heroin on the other side of the door — or at least she thought it was heroin.
Some grieving parents who’ve become leaders in the drug overdose crisis called on Massachusetts lawmakers to allow overdose prevention or supervised consumption sites in the state. They are angry that lawmakers aren’t acting on legislation these parents say might have saved their children.
Massachusetts parents who lost a child to an overdose asked Beacon Hill to allow prevention centers, arguing the sites can save lives.
A provision that would shield the wealthy Sacklers from future litigation has divided families who have lost loved ones to opioid overdoses.
The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat the overdose epidemic that the painkiller helped spark. But that does not mean all the victims are satisfied.