Mass. Nonprofits Add Services as Opioid Crisis Grips State
February 17, 2016
Youth, family-services, health-care, and other organizations in Central Massachusetts are expanding or adding substance-abuse programs amid an explosion in opioid addiction, Worcester Business Journal writes.
Unintentional overdose deaths from heroin and prescription pain relievers increased by 65 percent in Massachusetts from 2012 to 2014. Demand for treatment centers and other services has risen, along with the availability of state grant money to combat the crisis, and new organizations have sprung up, such as Prana Recovery Centers, a yoga-focused treatment facility in Marlborough, Mass.
