The human side of the opioid crisis
Khadijah Tuitt, left, hugs Henry Brown after he spoke about his son during a live WHMP radio broadcast titled “It Won’t Happen to Me: Heroin Addiction in the Valley,” at The Parlor Room in Northampton. Deb Wyland looks on. Gazette Photo
Published: 1/25/2018 11:28:14 PM
The life-saving medication for opioid overdose Narcan is stocked at pharmacies across the United States, and is available without a prescription in Massachusetts.
But when it comes to actually treating opioid addiction, the state is far behind, according to those at the WHMP’s forum Wednesday on heroin addiction “It Won’t Happen to Me” at the Parlor Room in Northampton.