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Massachusetts Opioid Screening & Awareness Day

By FHS Staff on September 16, 2020 in Events

A free, virtual event: town hall, screening, and referral on September 22, 2020 from 9am to 11am.

Participants will be able to learn from experts and patients with lived experience about opioid use disorder and treatment and take an anonymous, interactive screening. To sign up for the town hall, visit: www.mcleanhospital.org/opioid-screening. The town hall will be recorded and available for future viewing.

The entire event is free to the public. For more information, visit: www.opioidscreening.org

A collaboration between Fighting Opioid Misuse and the Brigham B-CORE Program.

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