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                        As the city of Springfield, Massachusetts prepares to move forward with a needle exchange program to address the opioid crisis, concerns are again being…
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                        A public health emergency has been declared in Springfield, Massachusetts because of the opioid crisis. The local health board has authorized the creation…
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                        The opioid crisis has prompted officials in the third-largest city in Massachusetts to revisit establishing a needle exchange program. More than 20 years…
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                        A needle exchange program for intravenous drug users in Holyoke, one of just five in all of Massachusetts, continues to operate. A state judge ruled this…