Student discusses possible solutions to the Massachusetts opioid crisis
By Dylan Quigley
Observer Contributor
The Massachusetts opioid crisis has been getting increasingly worse throughout the past ten years. According to Mass.gov, in 2010 there were 547 deaths from opioid overdoses, and in 2019 there were 2,023 deaths confirmed with more cases that still aren’t finalized. Since 2016, the death toll has flatlined at about 2,000 deaths from opioids annually.
Is there a way we citizens can start to decrease the death toll? As individuals, I think we are almost powerless, but a whole community movement to fight addiction might help things get moving.