Dr. Roose on Opioid Addiction
The opioid epidemic, as it has been called by many, has prompted Governor Baker to push for new legislation. Some of his proposals include limiting an opioid prescription to a 72 hour supply and involuntarily hospitalizing a drug addict without a court order. The legislature is currently considering other measures.
Connecting Point‘s Carolee McGrath sat down with Dr. Robert Roose, the chief medical officer of Addiction Services for the Sisters of Providence Health System. Dr. Roose was also part of the governor’s 16-member working group which looked at ways to deal with the opioid problem in the state.
I-91 Viaduct Rehabilitation
Richard Masse from Mass DOT sits down with Carolee McGrath to talk about the rehabilitation of downtown Springfield’s Viaduct, discussing the impact, scope, and timeline of the project.
Viewpoint with Ron Chimelis
Republican/Masslive columnist Ron Chimelis joins Jim Madigan to talk about a broad range of topics including the 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame, college admission discrimination, and the late Rhonda Swan.
What is Ron Chimelis, a sportswriter in a male-dominated profession, doing giving his “opinion” on whether or not women’s colleges–Smith and Mt. Holyoke–are “discriminating” against males by excluding them from admission? Mr. Chimelis is apparently unaware of the discrimination against women that still exists in the workplace, including in the field of journalism. When there is still a great deal of discrimination against women (and even more against women over 40) in the workplace, how can someone advocate against single-sex colleges. Furthermore, these are private colleges, and as such are not obliged to adhere to any sort of state or federal non-discrimination policies. This is also how we are able to still have single minority black only colleges. Is Mr. Chimelis against those, too? and does he believe that Affirmative Action has taken care of discrimination against blacks and other minorities? If he does, then Mr. Chimelis lives in a different America than a lot of us in the minority. Perhaps he should stick to commenting on sports and leave it at that.