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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. ....
Reply Beverly High School is one of three school districts across the state to benefit from a state substance use disorder grant program announced on Thursday. (Shutterstock) BEVERLY, MA Beverly High School is one of three in the state that will share in $972,000 in grants to fund substance-abuse programs for students ages 13 through 17. The state Department of Public Health said Beverly, Boston and Springfield will receive the grants for students with a substance use disorder or who have been identified as high risk. The program, which in Beverly will be administered through the Northshore Education Consortium, will include educational tutoring, recreational activities, year-round after-school and out-of-school programs as well as intervention and recovery support programs. ....