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September 15, 2016 Press Release
Today, Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA)  introduced the Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, legislation designed to help stop dangerous synthetic drugs like fentanyl and carfentanil from being shipped through our borders to drug traffickers here in the United States.
April 17, 2015 Press Release

The Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2015 addresses America’s  growing Heroin epidemic

April 17, 2015 Press Release

Over the last decade, overdoses from opioids have increased dramatically in the United States. Every day, 120 people die as a result of drug overdose fueled by prescription painkillers, and another 6,748 are treated in emergency departments for the misuse or abuse of drugs. Nationwide, drug overdoses now claim more lives than motor vehicle accidents.

 

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July 20, 2016 In The News
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County has seen 105 people so far this year taken to the hospital after overdosing.
 

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In The News

July 20, 2016 In The News
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County has seen 105 people so far this year taken to the hospital after overdosing.