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Ideas floated to address Massachusetts' opioid epidemic

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Deaths from opioid overdoses have declined slightly in Massachusetts over the past two years, but speaker after speaker stressed to a legislative committee Wednesday that efforts must continue to limit an epidemic that still claims an average of more than five lives per day.From educating students about "Good Samaritan" laws to expanding access to overdose-reversal medication, supporters touted a range of bills they said would help reduce the death toll during a Joint Committee on [...]

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