"It bothers me in this day and age, why we don't have a larger resource of avenues for individuals. I don't know if that comes from lack of funding from the Commonwealth or if it comes from lack of funding from the federal government," Ward 7 City Councilor Anthony Maffuccio said at Thursday's meeting. "We have a serious problem, and people just don't want to talk about it and they think it is just going to go away miraculously one day."
Responding to Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon's petition that requested a presentation on opioid use, Jennifer Kimball, coordinator of Berkshire Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative, informed the City Council subcommittee about the city's current issues with OUD.