Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is planning to use a new HBO documentary to lobby state legislators to pass his bill to address the opioid crisis.
Baker has invited members of the legislature to a Boston hotel Tuesday night for a premiere of the film that chronicles 8 young adults on Cape Cod as they struggle with drug addictions that end up killing some of them.
Baker filed his bill in October and testified last month at a legislative hearing.
"The status quo is unacceptable and it needs to be disrupted," Baker told a legislative panel at the Statehouse on Nov. 17.
Some legislators say the bill infringes on civil liberties because it would allow hospitals to involuntarily commit drug users for treatment, and limit initial prescriptions for opioids to a three-day supply.
The documentary airs on HBO beginning December 28th.
