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News Coverage

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PAARI Has been Featured in:

 

PAARI 2025 News:

April 11, 2025– Angel Program continues to help to get addicts to treatment (Read here)

Daily Press

April 8, 2025– Healing a community takes a village of specialized forces: recognizing Criminal Justice Day with awareness program (Read here)

The Batavian

April 7, 2025– How the Michigan State Police Angel Program brings support to citizens with substance abuse disorder (Read here)

Impact WDBM-FM

March 26, 2025– Community navigator honored by PAARI (Read here)

Gloucester Daily Times

March 1, 2025– Grand Strand police chief receives law enforcement award (Read here)

WMBF News

January 30, 2025– Burrillville Police Chief Lynch joins RI Criminal Justice Hall of Fame (Read here)

NRI Now

January 23, 2025– News and community highlights from around the South Carolina Lowcountry (Read here)

Bluffton Today

PAARI 2024 News:

December 19, 2024– Belfast police partnering with Volunteers of America to expand addiction treatment in the area (Read here)

FOX 22 – Bangor

September 6, 2024– Serving vulnerable populations: Hope emerges in the Wisconsin Deflection Initiative (Read here)

Police1

May 5, 2024– What is ‘tranq’ and why do police carry wound care kits because of it? (Read here)

MassLive.com

March 13, 2024– FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose (Read here)

WhiteHouse.gov

February 4, 2024– ‘It’s inexcusable’: As overdose deaths mount, millions in opioid settlement funds go unspent in Massachusetts (Read here)

Boston Globe

PAARI 2023 News:

December, 2023– A Recovery-Oriented Model for Community Policing (Read here)

Police Chief Magazine

December 12, 2023– Schenectady PD, County Office of Community Services heading to Congress (Read here)

News 10 ABC

December 12, 2023– Schenectady police to speak in front of Congressional Caucus on addiction in Washington (Read here)

Daily Gazette

December 10, 2023– PAARI: Police helping, not arresting, drug users and their families (Read here)

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly

October 26, 2023– Pilot program aimed at lowering responses from Bloomington officers to mental health calls (Read here)

KSTP – TV

October 24, 2023– West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute Receives $478,000 Grant from ARC (Read here)

West Virginia Executive

October 17, 2023– Nueces County Opioid Task force trying to combat overdose issue (Read here)

KRIS-TV

October 11, 2023– Police Diversion Programs Work. Here’s Why (Read here)

Yes Magazine

September 30, 2023– How to fight the fight against the ever-growing fentanyl crisis (Read here)

The Dallas Morning News

September 14, 2023– Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime and addiction – new research into police diversion program shows (Read here)

The Conversation

September 13, 2023– ARC funding to go toward jobs for recovering drug users in West Virginia (Read here)

UV Metro News

August 31, 2023– Idaho Falls launches new opioid response plan (Read here)

KIFI – TV

August 11, 2023– Pause in Purdue settlement provokes mixed emotions (Read here)

Boston Globe

July 20, 2023– States stiffen penalties for fentanyl, despite public health concerns (Read here)

Stateline

July 5, 2023– Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives (Read here)

NPR

June 20, 2023– Schenectady’s pilot ‘Outreach Hub’ aims to transform policing, lower crime rates (Read here)

Times Union

June 8, 2023– Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under ’70s-era war on drugs law (Read here)

AP News

May 15, 2023– Worcester among Mass. cities to receive opioid settlement funds for recovery services (Read here)

Telegram & Gazette

April 27, 2023– Parsippany Police Join Drug Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

Patch

April 21, 2023– Drug overdose deaths are rising in Nueces County. Here’s what county officials are doing. (Read here)

Corpus Christi Caller Times

April 19, 2023– More than 16,000 fatal opioid overdoses in Mass. since 2012. What’s the solution? (Read here)

Milford Daily News

March 8, 2023– 50th Recovery Assistance Program scholarship awarded in Shakopee (Read here)

SW News Media

March 7, 2023– Parsippany Police Join Drug Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

WABI-TV

February 26,2023– Parsippany Police Join Drug Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

News Center Maine

February 24,2023– Shakopee Police Chief Jeff Tate joins national public safety council (Read here)

SW News Media

February 15,2023– Scarborough’s Operation HOPE hopes for regional return (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald

February 9,2023– These laws could curb fentanyl deaths. Why won’t Kansas lawmakers enact them? (Read here)

The Kansas City Beacon

February 2,2023– New Washoe County program fights the opioid epidemic (Read here)

KOLO-TV

PAARI 2022 News:

December 21,2022– Public safety, peer advocates come together to help others through PAARI program (Read here)

The Batavian

December 21,2022– Public safety, peer advocates come together to help others through PAARI program (Read here)

The Batavian

September 17,2022– Recovering addicts work to help others in ‘Project Recover’ (Read here)

WHTM – TV

August 28,2022– Bring a memento of a loved one for New Bedford’s “Overdose Awareness Day” (Read here)

New Bedford Guide

July 14,2022– Schenectady County designated a federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (Read here)

The Daily Gazette

June 8,2022– New ‘recovery warriors’ to help others battle addiction (Read here)

Gloucester Daily Times

May 25,2022– WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Biden’s National Drug Control Strategy Receives Broad Support from Public Health, (Read here)

WhiteHouse.gov

January 14,2022– Navigating Hope and Hope One make ‘huge impact’ (Read here)

NJ.com

PAARI 2021 News:

December 29,2021– MAYOR SEFATIA ROMEO THEKEN REFLECTS ON CITY’S PROGRESS AS TERM AS GLOUCESTER’S LEADER NEARS END (Read here)

Good Morning Gloucester

December 4,2021– The Grace Center celebrates 10 years of living up to its name (Read here)

Gloucester Daily Times

October 25,2021– Surge in drug overdose deaths prompts new response strategies (Read here)

New York Post

October 23,2021– Massachusetts State Police host Drug Take Back Day at Holden barracks (Read here)

Spectrum News 1

October 2,2021– Progress amid the opioid epidemic: New Fall River fire station program seeing results (Read here)

The Herald News

September 15,2021– Schenectady Cares programs next phase (Read here)

News 10 ABC

August 30,2021– Michigan State Police looking for ‘angel volunteers’ to help those struggling with addiction (Read here)

Michigan Live

July 15,2021– South Portland police hope to spread awareness about Narcan, fentanyl test strips (Read here)

WGME

July 13,2021– Video: Kickoff of PAARI program in Batavia featuring keynote speaker Allie Hunter (Read here)

The Batavian

May 6,2021– Rules on opioid treatment relaxed (Read here)

Salem News

April 15,2021– Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses (Read here)

The Times Record

April 8,2021– Maine police using fentanyl tests to curb opioid epidemic (Read here)

The Associated Press

April 2,2021– Newburyport police, Pettengill House aim to reduce fentanyl overdoses (Read here)

The Daily News Newburyport

March 16,2021– Police departments to distribute fentanyl test strips to fight overdose (Read here)

KATU – TV

March 12,2021– Madison Police Department Set to Participate in the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative: Department Becomes 19 Agency to Do So (Read here)

TAPInto

January 5,2021– GP police initiative asks addicts to come in, seek treatment (Read here)

NBC 52

PAARI 2020 News:

October 28,2020– Chatham police chief remains on leave during investigation (Read here)

Times Union

September 15,2020– Netcong Police complete training to be an assisted addiction and recovery initiative location (Read here)

WRNJ Radio

August 3,2020– Genesee County police agencies, City of Batavia FD join nationwide addiction and recovery initiative (Read here)

The Batavian

June 16,2020– Hudson mayor orders police reforms (Read here)

Hudson Valley 360

April 4,2020– Eleven Mass. police departments distribute fentanyl test kits to drug users (Read here)

The Boston Globe

April 3,2020– Genesee County police agencies, City of Batavia FD join nationwide addiction and recovery initiative (Read here)

The Batavian

February 25,2020– Bucyrus Police Department’s Operation Hope Provides Life-Changing Impact To Addicts (Read here)

WMFD

February 3,2020– Local law enforcement on board with opioid-recovery program, hope to help rather than incarcerate (Read here)

Sierra Vista Herald

PAARI 2019 News:

November 19,2019– Enfield seeing a fatal overdose each month, police captain says (Read here)

Journal Inquirer

October 14,2019– 13 have sought help through new Schenectady police-coordinated drug program, department says (Read here)

The Daily Gazette

September 17,2019– Who Are Ohio’s Anti-Heroin Vigilantes Helping? (Read here)

Rolling Stone

August 9,2019– Angel volunteers needed (Read here)

Daily Reporter

June 26,2019– New Bedford Police Department receives grant from P.A.A.R.I. to bring on full-time AmeriCorps VISTA Members (Read here)

New Bedford Guide

June 20,2019– Police departments rethink approach to battling addiction crisis (Read here)

Fox News

June 7,2019– Everett launching new addiction assistance program as fentanyl cases spike (Read here)

KOMO News

June 6,2019– Holyoke police receive grant to help fight, prevent opioid addiction (Read here)

MassLive

April 18,2019– Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative launches on Tuesday, more help for those who are struggling (Read here)

The Batavian

April 5,2019– Berkley & Stewart Team Up With Filmmaker Ron Davis To Tackle The Opioid Crisis (Read here)

TAPinto

April 4,2019– Morris County Sheriff’s Office Launches Hope-One PAARI Program (Read here)

TAPinto

April 3,2019– Going… Going… Gannon (Read here)

Insider NJ

April 3,2019– Morris County Sheriff’s Office launches opioid recovery initiative (Read here)

Morristown Daily Record

February 7,2019– PAARI leaders to visit White House on Thursday (Read here)

Salem News

February 6,2019– Bay State cops to meet in D.C. with Pence on opioid crisis (Read here)

Boston Herald

February 6,2019– Solomon will travel to Washington to discuss opioid crisis (Read here)

Eagle Tribune

PAARI 2018 News:

December 12,2018– Arlington police Chief Fred Ryan to retire after 20 years in post (Read here)

Boston Herald

December 12,2018– Bucyrus police initiative tackles the opioid epidemic with ‘hope, not handcuffs’ (Read here)

Insider NJ

December 9,2018– ‘You can’t give up on people’ (Read here)

South Coast TODAY

December 2,2018– Wallkill PD joins Hope Not Handcuffs program (Read here)

Times Herald-Record

November 8,2018– Bay State cops to meet in D.C. with Pence on opioid crisis (Read here)

Bucyrus Telegraph Forum

October 17,2018– Opioid Why PAARI? (Read here)

PBS North Carolina

October 16,2018– Opioid Crisis: Miami Police to Place Addicts in Rehab, Not Jail (Read here)

Newsweek

October 8,2018– Community rallies to give heroin addicts support (Read here)

News 5 Cleveland

August 24,2018– Overdose antidote naloxone belongs in the hands of first (Read here)

The Seattle Times

August 16,2018– Grant aids police-assisted addiction recovery (Read here)

Lowell Sun

July 22,2018– Go deeper: How local police are battling the opioid epidemic (Read here)

Axios

July 13,2018– Offering a hand up instead of handcuffs (Read here)

Mail Tribune

July 6,2018– As fatal overdoses rise, pioneering police effort evolves (Read here)

Arizona Daily Star

June 26,2018– PAARI to recognize leaders in fight against opioid crisis (Read here)

Salem News

June 6,2018– Griffith police see progress with addiction assistance program (Read here)

Chicago Tribune

June 2,2018– ‘The Police Aren’t Just Getting You In Trouble. They Actually Care.’ (Read here)

Politico

May 23,2018– Boulder triathlete to speak about past addiction in (Read here)

Longmont Times Call

May 23,2018– Chief sounds alarm on opioid deaths (Read here)

Lowell Sun

April 28,2018– How a police force tackled the meth crisis by pairing addicts with ‘angels’ (Read here)

CBC

April 5,2018– We want to safe lives:’ Seattle Police expanding Naloxone program to fight opioid crisis (Read here)

KOMO News

April 5,2018– More opioid overdose kits in hands of Seattle Police officers (Read here)

Seattle KING 5

March 1,2018– 270 addicts have gotten help instead of handcuffs through Anaheim program (Read here)

The Orange County Register

January 24,2018– Danvers police to partner with PAARI (Read here)

The Salem News

January 17,2018– Baker makes pitch for latest bill targeting opioid addiction (Read here)

Lowell Sun

PAARI 2017 News:

December 18,2017– Michigan State Police offers drug treatment instead of arrest (Read here)

M Live

December 18,2017– Drug addiction treatment available at all Michigan State Police posts (Read here)

WNDU

November 1,2017– Methuen Police Department Receives AmeriCorps Grant to Fight Opioid Crisis (Read here)

WHAV

October 28,2017– New England Serves: Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

NBC Boston

October 26,2017– Officials from Massachusetts Opioid Initiative Travel to White House for Announcement (Read here)

Boston Magazine

October 26,2017– Burlington police join recovery initiative, earn AmeriCorps grant (Read here)

Wicked Locak

October 24,2017– State of Addiction: Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

WCVB – TV

October 8,2017– Community rallies to give heroin addicts support (Read here)

News 5 Cleveland

September 30,2017– Overdose antidote naloxone belongs in the hands of first (Read here)

The New York Times

September 21,2017– Grant aids police-assisted addiction recovery (Read here)

Boston 25 News

September 20,2017– Go deeper: How local police are battling the opioid epidemic (Read here)

Lexington Herald-Leader

September 1,2017– Offering a hand up instead of handcuffs (Read here)

WBUR

July 25,2017– State police need volunteers for Angel Program (Read here)

Livingston Daily

July 24,2017– As opioid overdoses rise, pioneering police effort evolves (Read here)

CBS News

July 24,2017– As fatal overdoses rise, pioneering police effort evolves (Read here)

The Seattle Times

June 29,2017– Trump drug czar on addiction: We’re committed (Read here)

Gloucester Times

June 25,2017– Waterville police program aimed at recovery part of shift to community policing (Read here)

Kennebec Journal

June 9,2017– Everett creatively address drug problem (Read here)

King 5 News

May 25,2017– Hope dealer invites addicts to shed their old lives (Read here)

The Conway Daily Sun

April 14,2017– Woodstock Outreach Program offers help to addicts (Read here)

Hudson Valley One

March 10,2017– Dover’s ‘ANGEL’ initiative steers opioid users into treatment instead of jail (Read here)

Delaware Public Media

February 21,2017– Angel’ Opioid Initiative Thrives Despite Exit of Gloucester Police (Read here)

The Boston Globe

January 30,2017– Police look beyond arrests, helping addicts get help (VIDEO) (Read here)

The Lowell Sun

 

PAARI 2016 News:

December 31,2016– With Angel Initiative, Longmont police hope to help put … (Read here)

Daily Camera

December 29,2016– Chronology 2016 – A Year In Review (Read here)

Addison County Independent

December 22,2016– Nearly 400 Drug Addicts Helped in Police Department’s ‘Angel Program’ (Read here)

NBC Boston

December 21,2016– Researchers: Nearly 400 drug addicts helped in police effort (Read here)

Las Vegas Sun *Syndicated from The Associated Press

December 21,2016– Police program helps hundreds of drug addicts (Read here)

STL Post-Dispatch *Syndicated from The Associated Press

December 21,2016– Researchers: Nearly 400 drug addicts helped in police effort (Read here)

The Sun Chronicle *Syndicated from The Associated Press

December 6,2016– Manchester program to divert drug users to treatment rather than court system (Read here)

Journal Inquirer

December 1,2016– MSP Angel Program Sees Continued Success (Read here)

WBKB – TV

November 16,2016– Waterville police announce substance abuse treatment program (Read here)

Morning Sentinel

November 16,2016– Waterville police announce substance abuse treatment program (Read here)

The Times Record

October 24,2016– State Police in Gaylord start program to help people with addictions (Read here)

Up North Live

October 15,2016– Safe Passage shifts focus on heroin, opioid problem (Read here)

Quad-City Times

October 12,2016– State OKs stronger Narcan doses for OD victims (Read here)

The Daily News of Newburyport

October 5,2016– Addiction Recovery Group Says Co-Founder — And Now Fired Gloucester Police Chief — Is No Longer Involved (Read here)

WBUR

October 5,2016– Roslindale woman named leader of Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

Wicked Local

September 30,2016– New program to bring hope in addiction recovery (Read here)

Fox 22 WFVX

September 20,2016– National Alliance on Mental Illness’ statewide conference coming to Port Angeles at month’s end (Read here)

Peninsula Daily News 

August 26,2016– Berea, Olmsted Township unveil Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

Cleveland 19

August 22,2016– La Porte police promoting PAARI recovery program after 6 overdoses (Read here)

Your Source One

August 16,2016– La Porte police promoting PAARI recovery program after 6 overdoses (Read here)

ABC57 News

August 15,2016– Mass. officials consider granting amnesty to opioid addicts (Read here)

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

August 14,2016– Baltimore police to offer help to addicts (Read here)

Lancaster Eagle Gazette

August 11,2016– Easton police join initiative to help drug addicts (Read here)

Enterprise News

August 8,2016– How a police chief used compassion to combat his community’s drug problem (Read here)

High Country News

August 5,2016– Desperate to detox (Read here)

Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle

July 6,2016– To battle opioid addiction, the federal health department opens medication treatment to more patients (Read here)

The Washington Post

July 5,2016– Police chief, sheriff heading to Washington to talk opioids (Read here)

Midland Daily News

July 1,2016– Heroes in opioid battle recognized (Read here)

Gloucester Times

June 30,2016– ANGELs hope to help save lives of Dover addicts, freely and with compassion (Read here)

WMDT

June 14,2016– Newark police announce addiction initiative (Read here)

The Newark Advocate

June 12,2016– Tonno brings Italian flair to Gloucester’s West End (Read here)

The Salem News

June 3,2016– 2,000 addicts helped by ‘angels’ (Read here)

The Tribune Democrat

June 2, 2016– Dateline comes to Gloucester (Read here)

Boston Globe

June 2, 2016– Gloucester Police Mark 1 Year Since Launch Of ‘Angel Program’ To Combat Opioid Crisis (Read here)

WBUR

June 1, 2016– Community teams up to fight opioid addiction (Read here)

Foster’s Daily Democrat

June 1, 2016– Three York County police departments join drug treatment initiative (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald

May 26, 2016– Partnership helps Everett police connect addicts to treatment (Read here)

Everett Herald

May 19, 2016– A new role for police in fighting addiction (Read here)

MetroWest Daily News

May 17, 2016– FRAMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS P.A.A.R.I. TO LAUNCH ADDICTION RECOVERY INITIATIVE (Read here)

Advocates.org

May 12, 2016– Drug users can get addiction treatment instead of an arrest at LaPorte Police Department (Read here)

95.3 MNC

May 4, 2016– John Rosenthal discusses the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

The Washington Post

May 4, 2016– John Rosenthal discusses the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

The Washington Post

May 2, 2016– The Washington Post to explore nation’s opioid crisis during event featuring U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (Read here)

The Washington Post

April 25, 2016– Hudson drug treatment center partners with police-based recovery movement (Read here)

Manchester Ink Link

April 22, 2016– Police Department Should Assist, not Arrest, Addicts (Read here)

Oberlin Review

April 22,2016– White House honors Campanello (Read here)

The Gloucester Daily Times

April 19,2016– Law Enforcement, Drugs and the ‘Public Health’ Approach (Read here)

The Crime Report

April 18,2016– May 4 Coffee@WaPo: A policy conversation about addiction in America (Read here)

The Washington Post

April 8,2016– Addicts in a Mass. program find recourse with police intervention (Read here)

Ponono Record

March 30,2016– Broome’s heroin treatment plan keeps recovery local (Read here)

PressConnects.com

March 21,2016– Co-founder of anti-addiction group loses nephew to fentanyl overdose (Read here)

Boston.com

March 11,2016– Police department begins addiction recovery initiative (Read here)

The Daily News of Newburyport

March 4,2016– UPDATE: After a Grapevine Teen’s Overdose, the Hunt to Hold Her Heroin Dealer Responsible (Read here)

Dallas Observer

March 2,2016– Inside the justice system (Read here)

Wooster Daily Record

February 28,2016– Scarborough nonprofit helping to fund addiction treatment (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald

February 17,2016– PA police float new drug recovery concept (Read here)

Peninsula Daily News

February 8,2016– Bill would allow addicts to turn in drugs without fear of prosecution (Read here)

Lowell Sun

January 24,2016– Massachusetts Chief’s Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to Rehab, Not Jail (Read here)

The New York Times

January 24,2016– Where Addiction Treatment Programs Are Taking Shape (Read here)

The New York Times

January 20,2016– Gowanda’s Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (Read here)

WGRZ

January 13,2016– Obama administration says it’s engaged on opioid crisis (Read here)

Cape Cod Times/GateHouse Media

PAARI 2015 News:

December 25,2015– Cooperstown Police Take New Approach to Stop Drug Addiction (Read here)

Spectrum News 1

December 22,2015– First New Hampshire police department joins initiative to assist opioid addicts (Read here)

Boston.com

December 22,2015– Nearly 400 Drug Addicts Helped in Police Department’s ‘Angel Program’ (Read here)

WMUR

December 22,2015– Moultonborough joins initiative to help heroin addicts (Read here)

The Daily Star

November 20,2015– Top cop takes new anti-heroin approach (Read here)

Pharos-Tribune

November 16,2015– Kids who can stop a heroin overdose? (Read here)

Boston Herald

November 4,2015– Gloucester program gets national notice (Read here)

Eagle Tribune *Syndicated from Associated Press

November 2,2015– Police adopt drug addict program pioneered in Massachusetts (Read here)

Fall River Herald News *Syndicated from The Associated Press

November 1,2015– Police adopt drug addict program pioneered in Massachusetts (Read here)

WiscNews

October 26,2015– Grassroots efforts target drug addiction (Read here)

The Times Record

September 17,2015– Scarborough police to launch innovative program to help drug addicts (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald

September 13,2015– Can Gloucester’s radical drug-crisis strategy work for Maine? (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald

August 17,2015– Scarborough police launch addiction initiative, ‘Operation HOPE’ (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald

August 17,2015– The ‘only town’ in America where cops grant amnesty to drug addicts seeking help (Read here)

The Washington Post

August 14,2015– Addict amnesty: Police give heroin addicts support, rehab (Read here)

The Beaumont Enterprise

August 3,2015– Angel’ program nonprofit has raised nearly $100,000 (Read here)

Newburyport Daily News

July 21,2015– Arlington police announce new program to combat drug (Read here)

The Boston Globe

July 11,2015– Arlington Police Trying New Approach To Stem Drug Addiction (Read here)

WBUR

July 8,2015– Gloucester’s Police-Based Anti-opioid Nonprofit Raises $50K in First Week (Read here)

NewsOK

June 17,2015– Drugs-for-treatment exchange gets good response in Massachusetts town (Read here)

The Portland Press Herald *Syndicated from The Associated Press

June 17,2015– Gloucester Police Chief: 17 People Seek Opioid Addiction Treatment Through Dept.’s Unique Policy (Read here)

WBUR *Syndicated from AP

June 16,2015– Police tout success in unique fight against drug epidemic (Read here)

AOL *Syndicated from The Associated Press

June 16,2015– Updated: Nonprofit launches to aid angel program (Read here)

Gloucester Times

June 16,2015– Gloucester police tout success in unique fight against drugs (Read here)

Lowell Sun *Syndicated from Associated Press

June 16,2015– Updated: Nonprofit launches to aid angel program (Read here)

Newburyport Daily News

June 15,2017– Police tout success in unique fight against drug epidemic (Read here)

The San Diego Union-Tribune *Syndicated from Associated Press

June 2,2015– Angel’ Program takes in first patient (Read here)

Gloucester Times

April 13,2015– 100 addicts treated in 10 weeks (Read here)

Eagle Tribune

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