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Groups Push Ban on Powdered Alcohol in Massachusetts and Beyond

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The Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA) has drawn a line in the sand: No powdered alcohol. ” While the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission has already banned the sale of powdered alcohol in the state, The Boston Globe reports , MRA wants possession of the substance to be illegal as well.

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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

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The National Governors Association is bringing opioid treatment strategies that have seen good results in Massachusetts correctional facilities to a number of other states. Virginia Department of Corrections Director Harold Clarke said he hoped to prevent overdose-related deaths in the state’s prisons.