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Grassroots Group Thinking about Stemming the terror and tide of heroin and gateway drugs

on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 01:05

The wheels of change are starting to turn but it's a bigger uphill journey than most realize..and bridging gaps among many people and systems could take a decade or so, but it's a challenge we have to muster the courage to take on.

A second grassroots community  coalition action meeting was held in the MA/NY CT tricorner area for people to learn abouut the scope of opiate abuse (which often starts with a prescription for opiates for pain that can readily lead to an overdependence, abuse and addiction.

Instead of getting prescribed drugs or a program to guide one to taper off use, many