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Science

Is addiction a brain disease?

The opioid abuse epidemic is a full-fledged item in the 2016 campaign, and with it questions about how to combat the problem and treat people who are addicted.

Beacon Hill

Baker, Walsh urge swift action on opioid bill

STATE HOUSE — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday to urge the Legislature to "swiftly act" on the governor's bill aimed at stemming the tide of opioid addiction that they say kills four people a day in Massachusetts. The legislation filed by the

Massachusetts

Medical schools leaders commit to pain management teaching

Written by Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE — In an effort to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, state officials and deans of the four medical schools in Massachusetts have agreed to collaborate in the development of a set of principles to teach their students about pain management and safe prescribing of opioids.

NewBostonPost

Addict amnesty: Gloucester police give heroin addicts rehab, not jail

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The young woman nursing a fresh black eye has come to the police station in this old fishing city for help. But she's not looking to report a crime or seek someone's arrest. She wants help kicking her heroin addiction. "It was