#StateWithoutStigMA campaign launched! (video)

A short video of Governor Baker announcing the #StateWithoutStigMA campaign to mark addiction as a disease. The announcement was made on Nov 4th.

screen grab of State Without StigMA webpage

For additional information on #StateWithoutStigMA visit the webpage here
http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/stop-addiction/state-without-stigma/


Franklin has been officially reported as having 1 death in 2012, 2 in 2013, and 3 in 2014. By an unofficial count from the social media channels, I think we have already doubled the 3 for this year to reach at least 6 for 2015 (thus far). 6 is far too many.

http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/quality/drugcontrol/county-level-pmp/overdose-deaths-city-town-october-2015.pdf