Opioid Task Force

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2017-01-06 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Halifax) | MA
Please email Deb Neubauer at deb@opioidtaskforce.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Healthcare Solutions Commitee Meeting
2016-12-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Phoebe Walker at Walker@frcog.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2016-12-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2016-11-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2016-10-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Greenfield Community College Downtown Campus, 270 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
2016-10-22 10:00 - 14:00 | MA
Did you know that 1 in 4 teens report using prescription medicine at least once to get high, and that the majority of these teens say they got the medication from friends or family?
Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00 am – 2:oo pm is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region you can find collection boxes at police stations in Ashfield, Athol, Bernardston, Buckland, Deerfield, Erving, Greenfield, Leverett, Orange, Shelburne Falls, Sunderland, Turners Falls, and Whately.
Click here for information about Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in Franklin, Hampshire, and Worcester Counties.
Click here to find a Collection Site near you.

Kinship Caregivers Raising Children Impacted by Substance Use
2016-10-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Greenfield Community College, One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
The Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and members from Attorney General Healey’s Office are hosting a series of forums to exchange information, learn and listen to families and caregivers in Massachusetts who have been impacted by the opioid epidemic.

Marijuana & the Developing Brain
2016-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Greenfield Gardens Apartments, 58 Pray Drive, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

Shelburne Falls Overdose Prevention & Nasal Narcan Training
2016-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Shelburne Senior Center, 7 Main Street, Shelburne Falls, 01370, United States
The Opioid Task Force is partnering with Tapestry Health and the North Quabbin Community Coalition to host a series of opioid overdose prevention and nasal Narcan trainings. These trainings are free and open to all community members. Topics covered include:

What is an opioid overdose?
Recognizing an overdose (signs and symptoms)
Responding to an overdose
How to administer nasal Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose

All participants will leave with a free Narcan kit.
For questions or more information, please contact Liz Whynott at lwhynott@tapestryhealth.org or Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org

Recovery Jam 2016
2016-09-24 12:00 - 20:00 | Camp Apex, Peckville Road, Shelburne Falls, MA, 01370, United States
September is National Recovery Month! Come celebrate with the Recover Project at this year’s 13th Annual Recovery Jam sober music festival. Recovery Jam brings together individuals in recovery, their families, recovery allies and the entire community for a day filled with music, friends and food. Every year, more than 600 people from all over New England gather together to attend Recovery Jam.
Tickets for Recovery Jam can be purchased at the Recover Project (68 Federal Street in Greenfield) or at the Opioid Task Force by contacting Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org.
See you there!

Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2016-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

Trauma-Informed Practices and Introduction to the Franklin Family Drug Court
2016-09-23 08:30 - 13:00 | Franklin County Courthouse, 101 Munson Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
To register for this event, please click here.

Petersham Overdose Prevention & Nasal Narcan Training
2016-09-15 18:30 - 20:00 | The Quabbin Retreat, 211 North Main Street, Petersham, MA, 01366, United States

MOAR & Friends Statewide Recovery Day March and Celebration
2016-09-14 | Boston Common, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
In celebration of National Recovery Month, the Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) is hosting a Statewide Recovery Day March and Celebration on Wednesday, September 14th, starting at the Boston Commons. March to Faneuil Hall for the Celebration!
For more information, please contact MOAR at (617) 423-6627 or visit their Facebook page.

Turners Falls Overdose Prevention & Nasal Narcan Training
2016-09-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Montague Catholic Social Ministries, 43 Third Street, Turners Falls, MA, 01376, United States
