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June 6, 2017

P.A.A.R.I. Executive Director Receives Young Professional Award from Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

During a ceremony at the State House on Monday, June 5, the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network honored Executive Director Allie Hunter McDade with a Young Professional Award. The event coincided with MNN’s annual Nonprofit Awareness Day.

May 17, 2017

P.A.A.R.I. to Hold Two-Year Anniversary Celebration and Awards Ceremony

What an amazing two years it has been! Since June 2015, P.A.A.R.I. has grown into a national movement of law enforcement agencies who believe in treatment over arrest and incarceration. We have placed more than 550 people into treatment through the Gloucester ANGEL Program alone and more than 10,000 individuals in total through our partners across the country.

May 4, 2017

PAARI Trains Boston Harbor Lobstermen’s Cooperative on Overdose Awareness

HINGHAM — Last night the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative trained 16 lobstermen from the Boston Harbor Lobstermen’s Cooperative at the South Shore Country Club, Hingham. The lobstermen requested the training on overdose awareness and how to administer nasal naloxone, in order to better prepare captains and industry leaders to respond to the nationwide […]

April 19, 2017

Photos: P.A.A.R.I. Executive Director Allie Hunter McDade Attends Roundtable Event with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey to Discuss Opioid Epidemic

On Wednesday, April 19, P.A.A.R.I. Executive Director Allie Hunter McDade joined U.S. Sen. Ed Markey for a roundtable conversation on the nation’s current opioid epidemic.

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 31, 2017

Photos from Today’s Narcan Training with Fishermen in Gloucester

Approximately 40 fishermen attended a course Friday, which included a segment where they learned how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer nasal Narcan. The training is part of a larger partnership between P.A.A.R.I. and Gloucester’s fishing community aimed at raising awareness on opioid addiction and providing vital nasal naloxone […]