By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• September 4, 2024
The Boston University ResLife Union began its strike Aug. 31, as students began moving into residence halls for the fall semester. The first day of undergraduate move-in was Aug. 28.
Since December...
Warm weather has come! Today on East to West, we cover students expressing disagreement with some BU COVID-19 policies, Boston University’s Youth Democratic Socialists of America’s protest of...
Big Pharma pushed the prescription of opioids and doctors got benefits for prescribing them — they are the ones at fault. Because of that, people who are addicted just have to make a doctor’s appointment and say the right thing.
These events include opioid overdose reversal trainings, a substance abuse awareness rally, and an interfaith service honoring activists and leaders in addiction recovery.
For first responders, the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone is more expensive than it has been in years. This past fall, a state fund discounting naloxone for first responders depleted, doubling the price of Narcan — a brand name of naloxone nasal spray — to $71 per box of two units for police and fire departments across the state.
Massachusetts has seen an eight percent decrease in opioid overdose deaths from 2016 to 2017. A recent Department of Public Health report showed estimates that there will be between 433 and 518 more deaths added to the current confirmed 1,501 in 2017.
The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Feb. 1.
Burglary of over $750 reported
An officer responded to a radio call for a breaking...
SIFMA NOW, a grassroots organization advocating for the legislation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs) held a model installation of one of these facilities at Boston University’s Medical Campus...
The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Jan. 12-16.
Man makes a swift getaway after being revived by police
An officer responded to a radio call for...
Opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts have dropped by about 10 percent in the first nine months of 2017 in comparison to the same time frame in 2016.
In a third quarter report, the Massachusetts...
A new study has found that about one in 10 Massachusetts overdose victims revived with Narcan died within one year, according to a presentation on the study given at a medical conference on Monday.
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