June 23, 2017

VIDEO: Gloucester Angel Initiative Featured on Chronicle

In a four-part segment, WCVB Channel 5’s Chronicle featured the Gloucester Angel Initiative and how it has grown over the last two years. The program detailed the background of the Angel Initiative and how the City of Gloucester has been hit particularly hard by the opioid epidemic. Steve Lesnikoski, the first participant in Gloucester’s ANGEL […]

June 22, 2017

Gloucester Angel Initiative to be Featured on Chronicle Tonight

P.A.A.R.I. is pleased to announce that the Gloucester Angel Initiative will be featured on WCVB’s Chronicle at 7:30 p.m. this evening. The airing comes just after the Angel Initiative celebrated its two year anniversary at the beginning of June. The show will also be live streamed on wcvb.com/chronicle.

April 6, 2017

Photos: P.A.A.R.I. Travels to New York for Conference on Opioid Addiction

A group of P.A.A.R.I. law enforcement leaders and associates traveled to New York today for a Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Conference “Responding to the Opioid Epidemic.”

March 1, 2017

P.A.A.R.I. Executive Director Presents at National Deflection Summit

The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) is pleased to announce that Executive Director Allie Hunter McDade attended the first-ever National Deflection Summit this week, which focused on law enforcement initiatives around the country to combat the opioid crisis, and the partnerships formed with mental and behavioral health organizations.

February 28, 2017

P.A.A.R.I. Featured in Boston Globe

P.A.A.R.I. was recently featured in a Boston Globe article highlighting the successes of the program as well as the Gloucester ANGEL Initiative.

November 18, 2016

U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Change in Way Public Views Addiction

P.A.A.R.I. John Rosenthal, Co-founder & Chairman One Bridge St., Suite #300 Newton, MA 02458 For Immediate Release Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 Contact: John Guilfoil Phone: 617-993-0003 Email: john@jgpr.net U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Change in Way Public Views Addiction GLOUCESTER — John Rosenthal, chairman of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) is pleased […]