Around New England

Remembering the Day Town Lost Four Opioid Overdose Victims in 36 Hours

October 21, 2017

The town of Clinton, Massachusetts has only about 13,000 people, but in one 36-hour period in October 2016 four people there died of opioid overdoses. The mother of one of the victims recalls her daughter and that day; a police officer in central Massachusetts predicts the problem will get worse once marijuana is widely available because, he says, it is a gateway drug.