COMMITMENT | Powerful Motivational Video

Motivational Video - Commitment

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Speech by Eddie Pinero

Music by Eddie Pinero

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Be Aware of the Fentanyl Crisis

Fentanyl is showing up in various hardcore and recreational drugs and is extremely dangerous. Many people are unaware of what if Fentanyl is even present and could be in life threatening danger. Here is some great information from the CDC with the facts about Fentanyl.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. It is a major contributor to fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the U.S.1

There are two types of fentanyl: pharmaceutical fentanyl and illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Both are considered synthetic opioids. Pharmaceutical fentanyl is prescribed by doctors to treat severe pain, especially after surgery and for advanced-stage cancer.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin 100 times stronger than morphine.

However, most recent cases of fentanyl-related overdose are linked to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which is distributed through illegal drug markets for its heroin-like effect. It is often added to other drugs because of its extreme potency, which makes drugs cheaper, more powerful, more addictive, and more dangerous.

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The Benefits of Naloxone (Narcan)

Naloxone Saves Lives

Naloxone can quickly restore normal breathing and save the life of a person who is overdosing on opioids. In 2017, over 47,600 people died from an overdose on opioid drugs, including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and fentanyl. Naloxone is a safe medication that is widely used by emergency medical personnel and other first responders to prevent opioid overdose deaths. Unfortunately, by the time a person having an overdose is reached, it is often too late.

Friends, family, and other bystanders can save lives with naloxone. Naloxone distribution programs give naloxone kits to opioid users, their friends and families, and others who may find themselves in a position to save the life of someone at risk of an opioid overdose.

A naloxone distribution program in Massachusetts reduced opioid overdose deaths, without increasing opioid use, by an estimated 11 percent in the nineteen communities that implemented the program.

A large-scale national study showed that opioid overdose deaths decreased by 14 percent in states after they enacted naloxone access laws.

Statistical modeling suggests that high rates of naloxone distribution among laypersons and emergency personnel could avert 21 percent of opioid overdose deaths, and the majority of overdose death reduction would result from increased distribution to laypersons.

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Homelessness to Vanlife - Her DIY Ford E-350 Cargo Van

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CANB Employees Save a Life

In April a distraught CANB Shelter client was screaming and crying in front of the agency “Somethings wrong with Marty!” While the Shelter Manager, Joe Carter, went out to see what the matter was, he was greeted by our Programs Manager Keetra Welling. Keetra and Joe went to the next-door laundromat to find Marty slouched in his seat of his car, unresponsive. Keetra ran back to the agency, threw her belongings on the floor and yelled Narcan, which she got from her office and then bolted out the door back to Marty.

Keetra administered the Narcan to Marty and then she and Joe were able to get him out of his vehicle. We relayed information to 911 and they began to give us instructions. Marty was breathing slightly so we did not practice CPR but tried to revive him by sitting him up and following instructions from 911 until the fire department, medics and police department showed up. Marty survived, but the hospital said if the had waited a couple more minutes he could have died.

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Our Team, The Best.

Larry Goss

Board Member

We've got a top notch team!

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What happens when you lose your home at 72 in Amesbury, Massachusetts?

A no fault eviction left 72 year old Judith with few options. She has lived most of her life in the Massachusetts towns of Amesbury and Newburyport, but a shortage of housing has fueled 

record-high home prices across the state and she was unable to find an apartment she could afford.

The housing crisis is hitting older women in Massachusetts especially hard. 

At UMass Boston, the Gerontology Institute found high housing costs have left the majority of Massachusetts women over the age of 65 "economically vulnerable" - the highest percentage of any state in the country. 

Here's how Judith survived in her car for nearly a year, using water at a local cemetery to bathe and driving for everything she needed - from food to a bathroom.

Just before Christmas she finally found a new home with help from Community Teamwork Inc., a nonprofit based in Lowell, Massachusetts.  

GBH News cameras captured her move as she unloaded kitchen supplies and welcomed her cat to their new home in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

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