Opiod Epidemic

Gosnold Behavioral Health, the longstanding Falmouth-based nonprofit treating substance use disorder and other mental health issues, is looking to move off its inpatient facility and administration offices from Cape Cod to Wareham. Some Wareham residents have expressed concern about the proposed location.

A new state public health study finds overdose deaths were up nine percent last year compared to 2020.

An average of 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. That’s according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Earlier this year, a…

On a sunny spring day, Joseph Schopplein was riding in a car with his boyfriend, on their way to get his monthly Vivitrol shot. Schopplein is from…

Between 2012 and 2014, the number of confirmed opiod-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts skyrocketed by 57%. Recently, the New Bedford City Council…

Mashpee Town Manager Rodney Collins stopped his car and looked out the window at a sectional couch."A couple weeks ago, this was not here," he said.We…

With overdoses from opiate use increasing in the Cape Cod region, the Falmouth Police Department is taking action by hosting its first Opiate Coalition…