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Massachusetts to receive chunk of $4.3 billion in resolution of opioid crisis lawsuit, secrets to be revealed
BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today announced the resolution of her lawsuit against the Sackler family and their…
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Mayor Coogan discusses past/future in State of the City address, planning tribute to pandemic victims, police body cams
Mayor Paul Coogan discussed Fall River’s recent accomplishments and the city’s future in Tuesday’s State of the City address. Coogan…
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Fall River, New Bedford, other organizations, receive total of $1.5 million for racial equity in drug treatment
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that $1.5 million has been awarded to 16 organizations across the state…
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Pandemic, economy, public safety, infrastructure, addressed in Coogan’s State of the City
In what was supposed to be a live address on March 16th in the City Council chambers, Fall River Mayor…
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OxyContin maker agrees to pay over $8 billion, plead guilty to three felonies
Today, the Department of Justice announced a global resolution of its criminal and civil investigations into the opioid manufacturer Purdue…
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Massachusetts opioid deaths continue decline, but not in Bristol County, Fall River
BOSTON (JUNE 10, 2020) — Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts continued a steady decline in the first three months of…
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Despite recent string of fatal Fall River overdoses, death rate is down in Massachusetts from 2016 according to MDPH
BOSTON (February 12, 2020) – The rate of opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts fell an estimated 5 percent from its…
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Fiola co-sponsors bill concerning zoning of marijuana facilities in relation to treatment centers
Oct. 28 2019- State Representatives Carole Fiola of Fall River and Carlos Gonzalez of Springfield have filed bill HD. 4551,…
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Dozens of doctors, pharmacists charged in opioid, health care fraud schemes
Attorney General William P. Barr and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar II, together with…
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection makes largest fentanyl seizure in CBP history
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Commercial Facility seized nearly $4.6 million in fentanyl…
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