Boston
RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, remains steadfast in our mission in response to the latest state data on opioid-related deaths. Though we are finally seeing a decline in deaths from the staggering figures of the last two years, we cannot forget that each number still represents a life lost too soon and devastation for families and communities across the Commonwealth. Though this is not a moment for celebration, it is one for hope. We thank the Baker-Polito Administration for staying laser-focused on the overdose crisis and look forward to working with the Healey-Driscoll Administration to continue to build on a data-driven and equity-based public health approach that makes prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services readily available to anyone, no matter who they are or where they live.