Incoming Mass. AG to target heroin, Rx abuse

As her first major initiative, State Attorney General-Elect Maura Healey plans to create a taskforce to combat Massachusetts' heroin and prescription drug crisis. Healey said the taskforce would expand the state's prescription monitoring program, making data sharing easier between states and improving the reporting of prescriptions in real time.


	"Those of us in public service and those on the frontlines don't go a day without hearing another heart-breaking story of loss due to this epidemic. It's time to act." —Maura Healey, state attorney general-elect

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