• Administration awards $1.25M to help communities address opioid crisis

  June 3, 2026
  ...settlements relating to allegations brought against companies in connection with the opioid crisis. Over the next 18 years, Massachusetts anticipates receiving $1 billion through the settlements and is using it...
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• Webinar discusses arts, ‘social prescribing’ as uses of opioid settlement funds

  May 14, 2025
  ...specifically chosen for therapeutic benefits and individual interests. Franklin Deputy Town Administrator Amy Frigulietti said her town was able to use opioid settlement funds to fund its partnership with Arts...
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  April 2, 2018
  ...’double-pole’ problem faced by municipalities. GBH New housing law takes effect. See what it could mean in Massachusetts. Boston Globe Revere uses opioid settlement money to enlist businesses in the...
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• Deadline for joining opioid settlements is Jan. 2

  December 9, 2021
  ...Office of the Attorney General, Attn: Opioid Settlement Team, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108; or • Registering online using their municipality’s unique registration code and completing the sign-on process...
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• How to help when opioid misuse enters the workplace

  October 15, 2018
  While the past year has brought some modest improvements, opioid misuse and related deaths are still a national crisis, and the opioid-related death rate in Massachusetts is more than twice...
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• AG, DPH to host virtual forum about statewide opioid settlements on June 24

  June 16, 2022
  ...p.m. The forum will provide information about settlements with opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal and McKesson and opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. Attendees will learn about when and how abatement funds...
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• Cities, towns urged to sign on to agreement providing millions to abate opioid crisis

  November 4, 2021
  ...received a notice regarding the national opioids settlement in September. The notice, sent by National Opioids Settlement, states, “Please note that there is no need for subdivisions to be represented...
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• Mass. cities and towns join opioid lawsuits

  February 23, 2018
  ...Association and coordinator of the organization’s Opioid Working Group, said the federal cases allege fraud and misrepresentation by pharmaceutical companies that marketed opioids as a treatment for long-term pain. The...
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• RIZE offers funding to aid in opioid crisis response

  October 31, 2025
  ...the Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Municipal Matching Grant Program uses funding to bolster municipal efforts to address the opioid crisis through...
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• Methuen takes collaborative approach to mental health, homelessness, addiction issues

  January 17, 2024
  ...and each year after we have a plan for our opioid settlement money. “Even though it is a 20-plus person team, there has been great cohesion and great focus on...
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