Broadside: OxyContin epidemic in Mass.

(NECN) - Massachusetts is in the grip of an epidemic worse than swine flu. Last week a shocking report shows the state needs to do a lot to step up its fight against OxyContin and Heroin. Steve Tolman, Democratic State Senator from Brighton was on of the people who pushed hardest for the report. He joins Jim Braude on Broadside to discuss what needs to be done. The report recommends tamperproof prescription pads, mandating drug counselors in all middle and high schools, and creating jail diversion programs to give low-level offenders the option of treatment over incarceration read more

NECN | November 10, 2009

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