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Mayor Walsh, joined by city officials and health care leaders, announces the next steps in pursuing litigation against the pharmaceutical industry to recover damages the city has incurred as a result of the opioid epidemic.
A
A
Hello,
can
you
hear
me
hi?
My
name
is
Jen
Tracy
I'm,
the
director
of
the
city
of
Boston's
office
of
recovery
services.
Thank
you
for
coming
here
today
for
this
important
announcement,
while
communities
across
the
u.s.
have
struggled
with
substance,
use
and
addiction
for
decades,
our
nation's
opioid
problem
has
become
an
ever-growing
and
overwhelming
epidemic.
Last
year,
drug
overdoses
killed
over
72
thousand
Americans
the
majority
caused
by
opioids.
This
is
higher
than
any
year
from
HIV
car
crashes
or
gun
deaths.
A
We
are
the
nation's
first
and
only
municipal
office
focused
on
substance,
use
and
recovery
initiatives.
Our
office
works
to
ensure
that
every
step
of
the
care
continuum
is
as
comprehensive
as
it
can
be,
from
prevention
to
harm
reduction
to
long
term
recovery
supports
we
think
about
the
whole
picture.
It
is
our
job
to
fill
gaps
that
keep
people
from
accessing
the
care
that
they
need.
A
Addiction
not
only
affects
individuals
in
their
families.
It
affects
whole
communities.
That
is
why
we
work
closely
with
other
city
departments:
local
providers,
the
business
community
and
constituent
groups
just
as
readily
as
the
opioid
epidemic
has
overwhelmed
every
system.
Our
community
has
banded
together
to
come
up
with
solutions
with
our
partners.
We
are
addressing
addiction
broadly
through
re-entry
workforce
development,
even
public
art,
always
thinking
about
social
determinants,
equity
and
disparities,
while
we
think
boldly
and
strategically,
we
don't
lose
sight
of
day-to-day
quality
of
life
issues
that
affect
our
neighborhoods.
A
That
is
why
the
mayor
has
invested
heavily
and
Street
engagement,
cleanup
and
Public
Safety.
It
is
difficult
work,
but
we
continue
to
use
every
tool
at
our
disposal.
Well,
I
have
the
honor
of
speaking
about
some
of
our
collective
efforts.
Today,
there
are
many
people
here
who
have
been
impacted
and
have
stepped
up
to
do
their
part.
This
is
a
team
effort
bigger
than
any
single
department
or
organization
I.
A
They
are
the
ones
that
meet
people
where
they're
at
without
judgment,
they
are
the
ones
who
reverse
overdoses
and
save
lives
on
a
daily
basis.
They
are
the
ones
who
stick
with
our
city's
most
vulnerable
people,
no
matter
what
now
it
is
my
honor
to
introduce
a
leader
who
embodies
and
believes
in
second
chances,
since
before
substance
use
was
a
national
priority.
Mayor
Walsh
was
a
tireless
advocate
for
people
struggling
with
addiction.
A
Sometimes
that
meant
securing
funding
for
recovery,
high
schools
as
a
legislator.
Other
times
it
meant
driving
someone
to
detox
early
on
a
Sunday
morning,
whether
through
policy
or
personal
relationships.
His
life
has
always
been
about
service.
First
and
foremost,
please
join
me
in
welcoming
mayor
Martin,
J
Walsh.
B
B
The
intake
coordinators,
the
counselors,
the
folks
to
pick
the
needles
up.
The
folks
that
pick
people
up
the
folks
step
say
hello
to
somebody,
the
folks
that
serve
the
food,
the
folks
that
try
and
comfort
somebody
before
they
go
to
bed,
if
they're
in
our
shelter
or
on
the
street
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
because
those
stories
don't
get
written.
Those
stories
don't
get
told
those
stories
aren't
part
of
the
daily
conversations
that
we're
having
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
all
of
your
work.
B
B
I
want
to
thank
there's
a
I'm
not
going
to
thank
everyone
behind
me,
but
I
wanted
that
Michael
Botticelli
who's
the
director
over
at
the
break
in
center
for
addiction
at
Boston,
Medical
Center,
but
I
met
Michael
when
he
worked
for
the
bureau
substitute
service
at
the
state.
I
work
on
my
colonias,
the
Commission
of
the
Bureau,
and
we
had
many
many
many
many
conversations
about
halfway
houses
and
about
detoxes
and
about
holdings
and
about
getting
people
into
treatment
and
fighting
off
stereotypes
when
it
came
to
methadone
and
suboxone.
And
we
had
those
conversations.
B
I
want
to
thank
my
instrument
to
Jordan
document
to
Jordan
president/ceo
of
Demick,
who
runs
a
runs,
a
group
of
programs,
a
continuum
of
care
where
all
of
your
needs
are
met.
On
the
campus,
you
go
from
detox
to
holding
holding
to
a
halfway
house
halfway
house
re-entry
get
you
medical
care
and
help
people
get
back
their
lives
back
that
they
lost
for
a
period
of
time
that
they
were
addicted.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
Jared
Owen
want
to
introduce
in
a
few
minutes
a
survivor.
B
B
All
of
these
companies
and
the
people
behind
these
companies
have
played
a
major
role
in
creating
the
subsidies
crisis
that
we're
seeing
today.
These
parties
have
marketed
opioid
drugs
in
misleading
and
in
dangerous
ways.
They
have
failed
to
report
suspicious
orders
and
shipments
that
were
diverted
into
the
black
market
simply
put-
and
we've
heard
this
before
they
put
profit
ahead
of
people
knowing
knowingly
fueling
addiction
at
the
expense
of
human
lives.
B
The
city
of
Boston
has
responded
to
this
crisis
by
building
one
of
the
strongest
recovery
systems
in
the
nation.
We're
adjusting
it
from
every
single
angle.
Through
our
office
of
recovery
services
with
our
Police
Department,
our
fire
department,
our
EMS
department
we're
getting
people
the
help
that
they
need.
We
built
an
engagement
center
across
the
street
in
one
of
the
hardest-hit
parts
of
our
city
and
we're
rebuilding
a
bridge
to
Long
Island
and
investing
in
a
comprehensive
long-term
recovery
facility
that
will
serve
the
entire
region,
not
just
Boston
Boston
Quincy
and
the
entire
region.
B
Throughout
all
this
work,
we
have
improved
and
have
to
continue
to
improve
the
standard
of
care.
We
have
made
it
easier
for
people
that
need
to
help
to
get
the
help
and
there's
no
question
that
we
have
all
collectively
in
a
lot
of
you
individually,
have
saved
lives.
But
the
fact
is,
the
pharmaceutical
industry
is
still
not
doing
enough
to
address
the
root
cause
of
this
issue.
City
departments
and
taxpayers
are
shouldering
a
burden
that
they
did
not
create
and
do
not
deserve.
B
The
Boston
Police
Department
fire
department,
EMS
and
Public
Health
Commission
deal
with
this
issue
every
single
day
and
it's
affected
nearly
every
other
city
department
as
well.
Our
librarians
have
dealt
with
overdoses
in
the
bathrooms.
Our
parks
apartment
staff
are
dealing
with
needle
pickup
every
single
day
teachers
have
young
students
who
are
neglected
at
home
because
their
family
has
the
sickness
in
the
addiction
this
disease.
B
B
These
manufacturers
and
distributors
need
to
pay
for
the
damage
they
have
done,
or
else
we're
going
to
be
continued
and
always
cleaning
up
their
messes
as
they're
on
their
boats
and
their
yachts
and
their
fancy
houses
and
their
fancy
apartments
with
their
fancy,
clothes
and
their
fancy
cars
and
their
fancy
expensive
consignee.
In
the
fancy
restaurants,
we
built
an
engagement
center
over
here,
so
we
can
have
somebody
a
meal.
We
built
an
engagement
sentence
or
somebody
got
a
bed
and
they
have
to
understand
that.
Here's
what
we
hope
to
achieve.
B
We
want
these
parties
to
reimburse
us
all
of
us
for
the
costs
that
have
already
been
put
out.
We
also
want
them
to
pay
for
the
future
costs
which
we'll
be
incurring
in
the
city
of
Boston.
We
want
them
to
support
our
long-term
efforts
to
help
people
in
recovery
and
get
people
into
recovery
and
when
we're
not
gonna,
let
them
walk
away
from
this.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
they're
held
accountable
so
that
our
city
can
move
forward
and
that
the
individuals
that
we
see
on
the
streets
can
get
peace
in
their
body.
B
The
city
of
Boston
has
selected
motley
rice
to
represent
us
in
this
litigation.
They're
a
firm
with
a
strong
track
record
of
helping
state
and
local
governments
hold
pharmaceutical
industry
accountable.
We
believe
that
this
will
lead
to
real
change.
We
hope
that
in
the
defendants
accept
this
opportunity
to
do
the
right
thing
and
help
our
communities
heal.
B
B
B
Don't
hesitate
to
ask
that
empty
pit
feeling
in
your
heart
and
in
your
soul
today,
rather
than
curing
it
by
drinking
or
taking
drugs,
put
your
hand
out
and
talk
to
somebody
and
as
I
look
out
at
this
crowd
today,
there's
probably
about
50%
of
this
crowds
in
recovery,
I'm,
not
breaking
who
you
are,
but
if
you're
reaching
handout
that
somebody
is
a
good
chance.
You
talking
to
another
alcoholic
or
addict,
that's
in
recovery,
so
make
sure
you
do
that.
B
September
is
recovery
month,
our
entire
city's
working
together
to
make
sure
that
you
get
the
support
that
you
need
well
fighting
the
stigma
around
around
seeking
treatment
and
today
we're
closing
closer
than
ever
to
getting
justice
and
creating
a
better
future
for
you
and
your
family
for
people
in
Boston
and
people
all
across
this
country.
Now
it's
my
great
pleasure,
introduce
a
great
community
partner,
he's
a
survivor,
someone
who
understands
how
addiction
can
take
over
your
whole
being
and
your
whole
family
and
your
whole
community.
B
C
C
I
got
a
prescription
for
60
opioid
pills
with
a
refill,
although
I
didn't
become
addicted
right
away,
I
fell
in
love
with
the
way
those
pills
made
me
feel
and
I
see
this
prescription
as
a
turning
point
that
started
an
obsession
that
would
years
later
lead
to
disaster,
while
I
was
in
high
school
I.
Remember
stealing
oxycontin
pills
were
my
family's
medicine
cabinet
and
sharing
them
with
friends
that
were
doing
the
same.
C
What
I
was
in
graduate
school
at
MIT?
My
addiction
escalated
to
cope
with
feelings
of
isolation
and
depression.
I
began
to
use
these
pills
more
and
more.
They
were
widely
available,
but
they
were
expensive
within
a
year.
I
had
a
serious
habit.
I
could
not
imagine
my
life
without
the
opioids,
but
all
my
savings
was
gone
like
so
many
other
people
I
turned
to
heroin,
even
in
the
depths
of
my
heroin,
addiction
I
still
would
have
chosen
to
use
prescription
pills.
Were
they
cheaply
available.
C
These
drugs
are
just
as
powerful
and
addictive
as
heroin,
plus
they
offer
a
predictable,
unadulterated,
high.
The
influx
of
these
drugs
into
our
medicine,
cabinets
and
streets
in
the
late
90s
and
early
2000s
has
led
directly
to
the
opioid
epidemic
that
is
devastating.
My
generation
I
firmly
believe
that
there
are
men
sitting
in
corner
offices
in
these
companies
who
have
more
blood
on
their
hands
than
any
other
drug
dealer
in
Massachusetts,
and
they
need
to
be
held
to
account.
C
Within
six
months
of
switching
to
heroin,
I
was
injecting
using
chaotically
and
committing
crimes
doing
things
that
I
would
never
imagine
doing
before
my
addiction
and
I
can't
imagine
doing
now,
but
I
was
very
fortunate.
I
had
three
guardian
angels.
Unfortunately,
they
were
dressed
up
like
Cambridge
police
officers,
and
they
didn't
treat
me
very
nicely,
but
my
life
was
saved.
I
spent
a
total
of
18
months
incarcerated.
C
This
was
early
2013
and
I,
say
I
was
fortunate,
because
later
that
year
the
synthetic
opioid
fentanyl
would
hit
the
streets
in
earnest
and,
if
I
had
been
using
during
that
time,
the
way
I
was
using
before
I
know
that
I'd
be
dead.
Today,
I
was
also
fortunate
to
have
family
support,
and
a
very
good
lawyer,
I
was
released
to
a
treatment
program
called
the
Meridian
house
in
East
Boston
that
saved
my
life.
C
I
found
that
I
had
so
much
in
common
with
the
people
there
and
I
found
people,
especially
my
counselor,
who
shall
be
unconditional,
love
and
support.
People
in
recovery
lifted
me
up
and
showed
me
that
there
is
a
better
way
of
life.
I
learned
that
I
could
be
happy
without
using
opioids
or
other
drugs.
I
think
everybody
deserves
this
chance
one
day
at
a
time.
My
story
is
a
happy
ending
I've
been
in
recovery
for
five
years
now.
My
life
has
improved
in
ways
that
I
could
never
imagine.
C
C
I
work
for
an
organization
that
I
love
called
more,
where
I
have
a
privilege
to
be
able
to
advocate
for
improved
addiction,
treatment
and
recovery
services,
so
that
more
people
can
get
the
opportunity
that
I
got
at
Moore.
We
believe,
in
speaking
out
about
our
experience,
to
reduce
stigma,
to
raise
awareness
and
to
demonstrate
the
value
of
recovery
from
addiction.
C
Now
have
a
very
precocious,
18
month
year,
old
18
month,
old
son
I
will
do
everything
in
my
power
to
make
sure
that
he
does
not
go
down
the
path
that
his
dad
took.
However,
if
he
does
I'm
confident
that
he
will
be
able
to
find
help
without
facing
the
shame,
stigma
and
suffering
that
I
did
and
that's
because
of
leaders
like
mayor
Walsh
organizations
and
agencies
like
the
office
of
recovery
services,
the
gray
and
center
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
our
Bureau
of
substance,
addiction
services
and
more
who
are
taking
this
an
epidemic
head-on.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
Jared.
It
is
recovery
month,
and
we
want
to
reiterate
the
fact
that
there
is
hope
for
folks
out
there.
Next
I
would
like
to
welcome
dr.
Myesha
mentor.
Jordan
Myesha
is
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
Dimmick
Center,
a
community
health
center
and
recovery
campus
that
has
been
working
at
the
frontlines
of
the
opioid
epidemic.
Myesha
has
tirelessly
advocated
for
Boston's
underserved
neighborhoods
and
has
built
strong
partnerships
across
the
city.
I
am
so
grateful
for
her
continued
collaboration
with
our
office
and
her
leadership
in
our
community.
D
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I
stand
before
you
today,
as
a
mother,
a
sister
and
a
physician
leader
and
I
bring
all
of
those
perspectives
to
the
work
that
we
do
at
the
Deming
Center.
As
a
mother
of
two
children
of
two
girls,
my
greatest
fear
is
that
they
would
succumb
to
this
disease,
as
a
sister
I
have
experienced
firsthand
what
it
can
do
to
a
family
when
your
sister
is
addicted
to
heroin.
D
D
The
lives
impacted
by
this
devastating
disease
and
I
remain
committed
as
a
physician
leader
at
the
demux
Center
to
ensuring
that
we
provide
access
for
all
I.
Think
many
of
us
can
remember
when
the
face
of
addiction
looked
very
much
like
mine
and
mine
alone.
Things
have
changed
and
many
many
many
many
people
have
been
affected
by
this
disease
and
I
would
say.
The
faces
of
addiction
are
reflected
in
every
one
of
us
here
today.
D
If
that
now
means
that
there's
greater
attention
to
this
disease
and
greater
resources
for
this
disease,
then
we
will
take
that
and
we
will
make
sure
that
all
people
have
access
to
the
services
that
they
need
and
I
appreciate
the
mayor's
office
for
help
us
to
do
so.
The
mayor
was
instrumental
in
ensuring
that
we
could
expand
the
services
of
our
detox
center
that
now
treats
over
4,000
people
each
year.
But
that
is
not
enough.
We
need
to
hold
the
companies
accountable.
D
We
need
to
continue
to
expand
on
the
services
provided
and
we
need
to
continue
to
enforce
these
laws
that
help
to
protect
the
people
that
are
most
in
need.
So
I,
thank
you
for
being
here
today
for
supporting
our
efforts
from
both
the
Boston
Public,
Health
Commission
and
the
mayor's
office,
and
know
that
we
stand
united
in
this
fight
against
this
disease.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Thank
you,
my
Isha,
so
next
I
would
like
to
welcome
Michael
Botticelli
Michael
works
right
across
the
street
as
the
executive
director
of
the
Grey
concentr
for
addiction,
medicine
at
Boston,
Medical
Center.
He
is
a
national
leader
in
the
fight
against
the
opioid
epidemic,
having
served
as
the
office
of
national
drug
control
policy
director
at
the
White
House
under
President
Obama
through
his
advocacy,
he
helped
our
nation
understand
that
a
desert
that
addiction
is
a
disease,
not
a
moral
failing.
A
E
Good
afternoon,
everybody
a
really
privilege
to
be
here
today
with
a
mayor
that
I
have
worked
with
for
a
very
long
time
to
approve
conditions,
not
only
here
in
Boston
and
in
Massachusetts,
but
across
the
country.
I
am
proud
that
I
work
in
a
city
with
a
mayor,
who's
openly
in
recovery
and
I,
will
never
forget
the
day
when
I
was
watching
the
Democratic
National,
Convention
and
I
heard
a
courageous
person
step
to
the
microphone
and
say
my
name
is
Marty
and
I'm
an
alcoholic
I.
E
Don't
think
that
we
can
underestimate
the
profound
effect
that
it
has
when
we
D
stigmatize
this
by
having
our
nation's
leaders
talk
openly
and
publicly
about
the
fact
that
they're
in
recovery
I
joined
the
mayor
today
as
one
of
those
people
who
are
not
so
anonymous
about
my
own
coveri,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
Jared.
You
know,
after
almost
29
years
in
recovery,
I've
probably
heard
about
over
10,000
stories
of
people
in
recovery
and
I.
Think
you
would
all
agree
that
those
stories
never
fail
to
move
us
as
they
well
should.
E
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor's
entire
administration
for
the
work
that
they
do
and
want
to
just
reaffirm
our
commitment
at
Boston,
Medical
Center
and
at
the
great
concentr
that
we
stand
as
trusted
partners
in
the
work
that
they
are
trying
to
do.
The
opioid
epidemic
has
inflicted
unprecedented
suffering
on
the
people
of
Boston
Boston
Medical
Center
sees
this
every
single
day
throughout
our
hospital
from
the
patients
who
are
brought
to
our
emergency
room
and
in
our
outpatient
clinics
to
the
babies
born
with
neonatal
abstinence
syndrome.
E
E
B
Let
me
yeah
there's
a
couple:
people
I
want
to
thank
all
the
speakers.
Jared
in
case
you
missed
Sharon
when
he
talked
he's
a
class
away
from
graduating,
MIT
and
masters.
So
congratulations
you're
doing
all
right.
There.
I
want
to
thank
the
providers
that
I
didn't
thank
the
providers
that
do
this
work
every
single
day,
victory,
programs
and
and
pine
sheet
in
and
in
some
of
the
other
halfway
house
that
are
here.
B
These
are
programs
that
I
met
when
I
was
a
young
state
representative
and
and
helped
push
me
and
focus
on
how
I
would
fight
this
fight
on
someone.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
City,
Council
and
Easter
sabe
George's
with
us
today.
Thank
you
comes
with
George
for
being
with
us
today
and
lastly,
I
want
to
thank
the
community.
I
was
at
the
South
End
forum
this
week
and
I
know
the
RET.
B
Some
of
the
residents
are
here
and
we
invited
you
and
and
you're
here
and
and
to
be
honest,
you
there's
probably
not
many
other
communities
in
the
city
that
that
have
more
impact
than
with
all
the
programs
around
here
than
you
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
for
graciously
helping
us
and
working
with
us
and
being
patient
with
with
us
and
the
people
in
the
community
who
were
sick
and
suffering.
So
thank
you
to
the
South
End
community
as
well,
and
with
that.
B
A
F
B
They're,
the
biggest
offenders
of
pushing
drugs.
If
you
understand
this
area,
what
was
happening
was
a
lot
of
these
companies
were
hiring
people
pushing
salespeople
to
go
to
doctors
to
push
them
to
sell
these
drugs
to
push
them
as
giving
giving
them
out.
Doctor
meant
to
Jordan
talked
a
little
bit
about
her
experience
at
her
health
center
that
what
doctors
understood
the
impact
of
these
drugs.
B
You
could
remember
a
lot
of
this
stuff
happened
before
legislation
passed
that
we
had
to
educate
doctors
on
addiction,
so
doctors
were
being
we're
being
convinced
and
again,
I
probably
should
be
talking
to
the
lawyers
of
right
grab
me
on
this,
but
doctors.
In
my
opinion,
doctors
were
being
pushed
by
these
promising
companies
to
push
these
drugs
out
and
then
we're
giving
them
out
literally
like
candy,
and
you
know,
anyone
who's
kind
of
figuring
out.
The
best
way
to
kind
of
summarize
what's
happened,
there's
a
book
by
Sam
Keough.
B
Today,
it's
called
Dreamlands
I'd
suggest
you
buy
that
book
and
it'll
talk
to
you
about
it'll.
Show
you
exactly
what
was
happening
in
the
Rust
Belt,
mostly,
but
what's
happening
in
the
Rust.
Belt
was
also
happening
in
Boston
and
what's
happening
in
LA
and
was
happening
in
Miami
and
it's
happening
all
over
the
country.
So
again,
we'll
get
more
information
with
the
boys
make
them
available
to
you.
B
F
D
B
Sure
what
the
exact
number
is
I
think
it's
65
million
dollars
is
what's
in
the
lawsuit,
but
I
think
ESRI
Ankara
I
mean
we
have
to
provide
information.
What
we've
been
doing
since
we
decided
to
do
this,
we've
been
gathering
information
and
working
with
the
public
health
working
with
police
working
with
fire
working
with
hospitals
working
to
try
and
accrue
some
cost,
but
again
that
we
can
get
that
all
that
stuff
to
you
later
on.
B
The
question
is:
if
this
litigation
takes
a
long
time,
what
are
some
of
the
short-term
solutions?
This
litigation
project
will
take
a
long
time
because
any
time
you're
dealing
with
the
courts
it's
going
to
go
on
and
on
and
on
they'll
be
Appeals,
but
we're
not
waiting
I
mean
I
did
we
talked
about
a
little
bit
about
today?
B
What
we're
doing
we
created
the
office
of
recovery
services
in
2014,
we've
made
major
financial
investments
in
our
public
health
department,
we're
working
with
our
providers,
making
sure
that
we
create
more
opportunities
of
beds,
we're
working
with
the
state
on
legislation
that
they
passed
on,
strengthen
the
prescription
monitoring
program
and
and
about
also
doing
education
for
doctors
who
write
scripts.
That
was
not
part
of
the
law.
All
these
young
people
that
won't
became
doctors.
They
became
doctors,
they
didn't
learn
about
addiction.
B
They
weren't
taught
about
addiction
of
thought
about
how
to
administer
pain,
meds
and
treat
people.
Now
now
we
have
a
program
in
Massachusetts,
thanks
to
the
legislature
and
the
governor
for
passing
that
we're
adding
we're
adding
addition.
Counselors
we
have
a
Hope,
which
is
our
program
here,
we're
working
with
some
of
the
other
programs.
I
talked
about,
so
we're
not
standing
pat
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
out
we're
working
on
education
programs.
B
That
makes
you
feel
good
that
tingle
in
your
belly
and
we
got
we
got
to
have
to
go
out
and
fight
that
fight,
that
we
have
to
go
out
and
talk
about
prevention
to
young
people,
and
we
have
to
get
out
there
and
talk
to
people
about
what
this
disease
does
kill.
There
is
nobody,
that's
on
melanine
and
Mass
Ave
today
that
their
aspiration
in
life,
if
somebody
asked
them
in
high
school
that
they
want
to
be
hanging
here
and
becoming
a
becoming
a
sick
and
suffering
addicts
or
alcoholic.
B
B
B
Want
to
bring
the
cost
and
I
want
to
make
an
example.
Quite
honestly,
I
remember
having
a
meeting
in
my
office
when
I
was
a
state
Rep
reformer
and
I
had
some
some
words
with
them
in
the
office
and
and
I
challenged
them
and
told
I
said
Motty
wall
said
that
they
were
killing
people
and
they
left
my
office
all
upset
and
disturbed.
Not
too
long
after
that,
there
was
a
class-action
lawsuit
settlement
that
settled
that
talked
about
them:
pursuit
for
giving
out
drugs
to
people
that
didn't
need
them.
B
The
companies
have
to
realize
that
the
I
don't
feel
bad
for
the
CEOs
of
this
company.
I
don't
care
if
they
see
this
and
they
never
talk
to
me
again
because
I
don't
even
know
them
I,
don't
care
about
that,
because
they're
not
understanding
the
loss
of
life,
that's
happening
here
on
the
streets
and
if
they
do
they're
ignoring
it,
and
it
is
about
sending
a
strong
message
across
the
United
States
to
every
pharmaceutical
company
across
this
world
that
we
appreciate
the
work
that
you
do.
We
appreciate
you
finding
cures
for
diseases.
B
You
look
around
here
and
you
see
the
institutions
that
have
been
doing
this
work
for
a
long
time.
You
have
BMC
across
the
way.
That's
do
incredible
work
in
so
many
different
areas:
money
father's
Elliot's
from
there.
You
know
a
Boston
Public,
Health
Commission,
that's
right
here,
woods,
Mullen,
our
our
our
home
for
women
for
homeless.
Behind
us
we
have
the
men's
the
men's
home
across
the
way
we
have
the
drop-in
center.
We
have
health
care
for
the
homeless.
We
have
Pine
Street
in.
We
have
recovery
halfway
houses
in
the
neighborhood.
B
B
This
is
the
face
today
and
our
job
is
to
get
the
people
off
the
street,
but
our
job
isn't
to
get
the
people
off
the
street
by
hiding
them
in
the
building.
I
job
is
to
get
people
off
the
street
by
getting
into
programs
into
recovery,
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
and
that's
why
we
hit
tonight.
Sir,
did
you
have
a
question.
F
F
B
I,
don't
a
I'm,
not
gonna
score,
insist
on
taking
names
off
buildings,
but
what
I
am
gonna
do
is
we're
gonna
make
them
pay
for
not
having
names
on
buildings
but
make
them
make
them
change
their
cultures
and
there's
not
a
lot.
We
don't
have
a
lot
in
Boston
I,
don't
think
they're
another
City
not
too
far
away.
F
B
F
E
E
B
I
I
think
that
anybody
I
mean
again
anybody
who's
here.
I
just
talked
to
a
gentleman
that
was
trying
to
get
into
some
housing
and
we
have
a
system
set
up
now
in
the
city,
with
the
help
of
all
the,
not
all
the
providers
for
homelessness,
we're
working
to
find
people,
homes,
we've
been
able
to
house
1,800,
chronically
homeless
people
in
Boston,
but
that's
a
question
that
we
should
we
should
chart,
will
hook
you
up
with
some
people.
There's
people
here
that
that's
their
John
all
right,
listen!
Thank
you!
Everybody!
Yes,
sir
one
last
question.
B
Sans
Long
Island
I'm
always
that
offline.
We
have
a
way
to
go.
We
submitted,
we
submitted
over
800
letters
of
support
to
the
I,
think
the
Quincy
Conservation
Commission,
the
state,
letting
them
know
that
there
is
support
for
Long
Island
and
we're
moving
forward,
taking
step
at
a
time
day
at
a
time,
but
we're
gonna
get
there
hey.
Thank
you.
Everybody.