Upcoming Events

Postponed: Virtual Narcan Training until March 17, 2022 at 6 PM

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 […]

A Matter of Life and Death: A Look at 2021 Opioid-Related Fatalities and Trends with Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan

Join us as we examine the sobering data showing record-breaking opioid-related fatalities in 2021 compared to 2020 in Franklin County and Athol with Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan on Thursday, February 17, from 2 PM - 3 PM. You can register for this free event, here. DA Sullivan, one of the founding co-chairs of […]

Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting

This meeting is open to the public. Please email info@opioidtaskforce.org for the details on how to participate.

Toxic Intersections: Substance Use, Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Join us Thursday, March 3, 2022, from 2 PM - 3 PM, as we continue to learn about the complex topic of human trafficking and sexual exploitation and its impact, featuring Dr. Abigail Judge. You can register for this free event, here. Participants will learn how: · Addiction makes individuals vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation […]

Methadone Workgroup Meeting

This meeting is open to the public. Please email info@opioidtaskforce.org for the details on how to participate.

“A Lifeline: Mobile Outreach Services for Unhoused and other Vulnerable Populations in Franklin County and the North Quabbin

As part of the follow-up to the December 10, 2021, Franklin County/North Quabbin 4th Annual Sober Housing Summit, which examined the safety net that exists for unhoused individuals with a history of substance use disorders, we learned that a number of entities offer some type of mobile outreach services in Franklin County and the North […]

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 […]