Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

A journalistic newsletter focused on addiction and recovery in Boston...by @dakotaantelman substantive.substack.com Boston, MA Joined September 2020

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Boston rapper Miles Karter has lived his life impacted by addiction, racism and the drug war's combination of those two issues. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/street-narra…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Cambridge just joined a growing movement to destigmatize and decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelic drugs. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/cambridge-de…

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Researchers at Mass General Hospital are studying how psychedelic drugs could be used to fight mental illness. It's the latest step in a growing local trend towards destigmatization of these substances. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/mgh-delves-i…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Also from this week's newsletter...City Council Member Andrea Campbell took a veiled jab at former President Donald Trump, last month. Now, she's hopeful President Joe Biden will usher in a new era of federal addiction policy. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/newsletter-w…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

From this week's newsletter...Somerville just voted to decriminalize psychadellic mushrooms. Learn the nuances of this decision and understand what this means for people using elsewhere in the state...substantive.substack.com/p/newsletter-w…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

In 2019, prominent local politicians touted their appointment to the Mass and Cass Task Force to fight drug and homelessness issues in Boston. Now, though, some of those same leaders are missing more meetings than they're attending. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/prominent-ma…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

The search for Massachusetts' next US Attorney is focusing on four legal experts. As these individuals each eye elevation to this state's top prosecutorial post, learn what they've each done and said about addiction...substantive.substack.com/p/search-for-n…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

.@andreaforboston is running for mayor. She's an ally of advocates calling for change in Boston's Mass and Cass region...This morning she rolled out a comprehensive policy plan responding to those constituent concerns...substantive.substack.com/p/campbell-pro…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Quincy officials long opposed to rebuilding a bridge to an addiction recovery campus in the Boston Harbor now say they're open to funding ferry service. Learn more via last week's newsletter...substantive.substack.com/p/newsletter-w…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

An appeals court in Phillidelphia recently shot down plans to open a safe consumption site there. Learn how this impacts local SCS conversations via last week's newsletter...substantive.substack.com/p/newsletter-w…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Twin drug raids in Quincy, this month could have huge political ramifications for a major local drug policy debate. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/quincy-polic…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

BREAKING: Newly obtained documents offer an inside look at the candid conversations members of Boston's Mass and Cass Task Force have had on addiction and recovery in Boston. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/mass-and-cas…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

In the city, experts decry a level of centralized addiction services they say places like the South End and Roxbury can’t support. In the suburbs, one recovery expert has a different outlook. Learn more... substantive.substack.com/p/a-perspectiv…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Marty Walsh just took a job in Joe Biden's cabinet. That prompts any number of changes for multiple ongoing addiction stories here in Boston. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/local-pushes…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Researchers are elaborating on a groundbreaking paper, this month, offering "reasons to be cheerful" about the viability of addiction recovery. Learn more from this week's newsletter update...substantive.substack.com/p/newsletter-w…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Boston police brought a hazmat team to an overdose call on New Year's Eve. Experts call that response overkill and say moves like it can have deadly consequences. Learn why...substantive.substack.com/p/bpd-overdose…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Massachusetts' new Speaker of the House is a veteran Quincy lawmaker who has, from time to time, delved into the politics of addiction. What's this all mean for future drug policy legislation? Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/mass-state-r…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

From this week's newsletter...The DOJ has sued Walmart over its involvement in the opioid crisis. This is local politicians join a national push for justice beyond a widely criticized settlement with Purdue Pharma this fall. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/newsletter-w…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Advocates see continued emergency homeless shelter programs in Cambridge as good news in a fight to share the burden of social services across area communities. The story, though, isn't so simple...substantive.substack.com/p/fighting-hom…

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Substantive @SubstantiveNew1

5 years ago

Yesterday, advocates and volunteers spent their Christmas morning giving a helping hand to individuals battling homelessness and addiction in the Mass and Cass area of Boston. Learn more...substantive.substack.com/p/advocates-re…