Opioid Task Force

Together, we can tackle the serious problem of heroin and prescription drug addiction in Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region of Massachusetts.

Treatment & Recovery Committee

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VIRTUAL: Narcan Training

Please join us at an upcoming community overdose prevention training to learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. Participants will also learn how to administer Narcan, a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug.
Participants will learn the answers to these questions:
-What is an opioid overdose?
-How do you recognize and respond to an opioid overdose?
-How do you administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?
The event is open to the public. Want to join the Zoom call? Please email maile@opioidtaskforce.org!

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VIRTUAL: Narcan Training

Please join us at an upcoming community overdose prevention training to learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. Participants will also learn how to administer Narcan, a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug.
Participants will learn the answers to these questions:
-What is an opioid overdose?
-How do you recognize and respond to an opioid overdose?
-How do you administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?
The event is open to the public. Want to join the Zoom call? Please email maile@opioidtaskforce.org!

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Canceled: Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting – held jointly with August 3rd Public Safety & Justice Committee

This meeting has been canceled and instead will be held jointly with OTF’s Public Safety & Justice Committee, scheduled for Monday, August 3, 2020, 1 PM – 2:30 PM featuring Dr. Traci Green.

Dr. Traci Green, Professor and Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, Heller School
for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University will present at the August 3rd Public Safety & Justice Committee meeting (1 PM – 2:30 PM)about her research efforts to improve opioid safety through the monitoring of the illicit drug supply. The Opioid Task Force’s Public Safety & Justice Committee will learn more about her work, including the RACK Study (Rapid Assessment of Community Knowledge), where she has been working with individuals who consume drugs in Springfield, Chicopee, and New Bedford to better understand their lived experience and how that could drive policy change regarding the use of Naloxone, distributing information about the Good Samaritan Law, among other issues. Dr. Green is looking to work with a rural site to assess how practices can be modified to accommodate the unique needs of rural communities and the Opioid Task Force will consider how it can participate to support this research effort. This meeting is open to the public.

Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org for more information.

To register for the August 3rd meeting, read further below:

When: Aug 3, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcof-yvrjgpHNSKQpK7cikFFVEgGEPR4Svf

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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VIRTUAL: Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting

This meeting is open to the public and features Diane Hawkins and Melinda Moreno from the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families; Ruth Jacobson-Hardy from Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services; and Peter Babineau from Learn to Cope.

To see the full agenda, click here.

Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org to get the Zoom call details.