As students prepare to go back to school, prevention organizations are urging adults to take action against the rising risk of substance abuse to youth.
As students prepare to go back to school, prevention organizations are urging adults to take action against the rising risk of substance abuse to youth.
The Boston Common flags, along with resource tables providing information on harm reduction, addiction prevention and recovery resources, will be displayed through Sept. 4.
Surrounded by more than 22,000 purple flags on Boston Common representing the lives of Bay Staters lost to the opioid epidemic in the last decade, Kar-Kate Parenteau wore a beaming photo of her husband Marc, who died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2017.