The club has invited Marian Ryan, DA of Middlesex County to present findings from the Middlesex County Research Study on Opioids.

From their website (http://middlesexda.com/news/press-release/1789)

The initiative will be a comprehensive approach that will look at existing data from public and private partners to get a “whole system” view of the current initiatives in place in the county in order to generate recommendations and identify future opportunities for opioid prevention, intervention and treatment programs. The final product will be an Opioid Prevention and Reduction Plan that will serve as a guide in Middlesex County and potentially across the Commonwealth to identify best practices and help direct resources to address substance misuse.

“Families in Middlesex County have been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, and I hope this assessment will provide us with a blueprint to end the tragedies and help save lives,” said Senator Eldridge (D-Acton). I was happy to secure this critical funding in the Senate, and want to thank Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan for being a strong partner in our fight to end opioid-related deaths in Middlesex County.”

Today’s opioid crisis is a stubborn, complex and multi-system problem touching individuals, families, state and community agencies, and employers throughout the Commonwealth and across America. Last year alone, over 2,000 people succumbed to an opioid overdose in Massachusetts; 12 percent of those deaths occurred in Middlesex County.