Amid Falling State Overdose Deaths, Needham Vigil ‘Still Needed’
August 24, 2026 • After the state’s opioid-related overdose deaths fell from a record-high in 2022, Needham looks to continue to spread awareness around the...
Finding Community in Recovery
August 29, 2025 • During an opioid overdose awareness vigil, speakers recounted how substances forever changed their lives and their families. “They say that the...
Breaking Stigma, Honoring Victims at Overdose Awareness Vigil
August 30, 2024 • For International Overdose Awareness Day, residents paid tribute to the lives lost to addiction and those who still struggle with drug...
NPH’s New Approach to Recovery
April 18, 2024 • The Needham Public Health Division is hoping to make new in-roads to recovery through peer counseling. At their first meeting since...
Vigil Returns to Raise Awareness
September 8, 2023 For over two decades, International Overdose Awareness Day has been observed on August 31st. In 2022, the Town of Needham worked together...
Vigil Highlights Overdose Awareness
The community gathered to recognize the 2,290 overdose deaths in Massachusetts last year during the first annual International Overdose Awareness Day Vigil. According to the...
