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From YouTube: RIZE Massachusetts Leadership Breakfast
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Mayor Walsh joins Governor Baker, Attorney General Healey, business, healthcare and community leaders at the Taj Hotel for the RIZE Massachusetts Leadership Breakfast, in a coordinated effort to support families, treatment providers and all levels of government in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
A
A
It's
now
my
pleasure,
as
an
old
guy,
to
introduce
a
young
guy
who
I
think
is
doing
an
extraordinary
job
of
leaving
this
Commonwealth.
Let's
Shirley
Baker
our
governor.
He
has
been
a
friend
for
a
very
long
time.
I've
been
an
admirer
for
almost
since
the
day,
I
met
him
watched
him
grow
through
a
number
of
different
roles,
and
his
is
very
successful.
Life
I
watched
what
he
did
with
his
turnaround
and
health
care
insurance.
A
I
watched
with
habit,
pilgrim,
I
watched
him
on
the
private
sector
and
now
have
had
a
privilege
among,
along
with
all
the
rest
of
us
to
watch
him
lead
this
Commonwealth
with
a
very
steady
hand,
and
one
of
the
things
I
most
admire
about
this
governor
is
that
he
truly
does
care
about
all
of
us,
not
just
the
ones
who
are
successful,
but
all
of
us
and
that's
why
he
introduced
the
legislation.
He
did
that's
why
he
worked
with
the
legislature
to
get
it
approved.
B
Well,
first
of
all,
you
know
I
say
this:
a
lot
I
didn't
run
for
governor
to
work
on
the
opioid
issue.
The
opioid
issue
found
me
when
I
was
a
candidate
and
it
was
one
of
these
things
where
people
would
come
up
to
me
after
I
got
into
the
race
and
I'd
have
town
halls
and
people
come
up
to
me
and
they'd,
say:
you're,
a
health
care
guy
right,
let's
say
yeah
and
they
say
well,
I
got
this
friend
and
then
they
tell
me
some
story
about
their
friend
and
this
happened
a
lot.
B
So
I
eventually
got
to
the
point
where
I
just
started,
incorporating
commentary
about
what
I
was
hearing
about
this
issue
into
my
remarks,
hoping
that
if
I
gave
people
permission
and
my
remarks
as
I
talked
about
what
I
was
hearing
and
seeing
as
I
was
campaigning,
that
that
would
give
them
permission
to
speak
more
forthrightly
about
the
issue
and
and
truthfully
it
was
sort
of
an
incremental
process,
because
at
first
nobody
still
wouldn't
bring
it
up
as
part
of
the
public
discussion.
But
they
come
up
to
me
afterwards.
B
B
The
only
thing
that's
really
changed
in
the
last
couple
years,
sadly,
is
the
arrival
of
fentanyl,
which
is
sort
of
the
Godzilla
of
opioids
and
really
wasn't
even
a
crime
on
the
book,
specifically
here
in
Massachusetts
until
a
couple
years
ago,
in
the
Attorney
General
raised,
it
is
a
an
issue
and
we
worked
with
her
and
with
the
legislature
to
get
it
passed
into
law
and
the
more
people
I
talked
to
I
learned
a
few
really
important
things.
The
first
was.
B
Even
if
you
know
what
to
do
getting
people
comfortable
with
the
idea
that
it's
okay
to
reach
out
and
engage
and
to
stay
engaged
and
to
climb
over
that's
a
big
deal
join
Peterson.
Where
are
you
learn
to
cope,
which
is
a
peer
support
group
for
parents
that
are
dealing
with
this
issue
or
family
member
Tenley
members?
B
Joanne
started
this
in
part
because
of
the
lack
of
places
for
people
to
go
to
talk
to
other
people
who
are
dealing
with
similar
circumstances
and
situations
in
their
own
life
and
learn
to
cope
with
the
help
of
a
lot
of
people,
including
the
Commonwealth,
is
now
available
pretty
much
across
the
Commonwealth,
but
I've
been
to
a
bunch
of
their
meetings
and
I'll.
Tell
you
something:
I
will
never
forget.
B
I
was
in
a
meeting
in
Cambridge,
and
people
are
going
around
the
room
and
they're
just
talking
about
what
they're
dealing
with
and
one
of
the
guys
there
said
I'm
from
Cambridge,
but
the
first
time
I
went
to
one
of
these
meetings.
I
went
to
a
meeting
in
Salem,
because
I
didn't
want
to
go
to
a
meeting
in
Cambridge.
I
was
afraid,
I'd
see,
somebody
I
knew
so
he
goes
to
the
meeting
in
Salem
and
he
runs
into
three
people.
He
knows
from
Cambridge.
B
Now
we're
doing
a
bunch
of
things
here
at
the
state
level
and
it's
been
completely
bipartisan.
Every
piece
of
legislation
that's
passed
on.
This
is
passed
unanimously
because
everybody
gets
it.
We've
increased
our
spending
on
treatment,
recovery
by
50
percent
over
the
past
couple
of
years.
I
think
we're
the
only
state
in
the
country
where
you
can't
graduate
from
dental
school,
medical,
school
or
nursing
school
without
passing
a
course
in
opioid
therapy
and
pain
management.
It's
always
blown
me
away
with
all
this
going
on
around
us.
B
That's
created
a
very
interactive
and
compelling
tool
for
prescribers
to
use
to
manage
and
measure
their
own
prescribing
patterns
relative
to
others
and
we're
here
today
to
talk
mostly
about
treatment
and
recovery,
but
there's
also
a
prevention
and
education
element
to
this.
You
can't
miss
because,
as
I
said
before,
if
you
look
at
the
prescribing
lines,
the
overlock
dose
lines
and
the
death
lines,
it's
like
three
trips
to
help
and
all
those
families
that
I
talked
to
and
met
and
all
those
people
who
are
dealing
with
addiction
during
the
campaign
and
since.
B
But,
as
I
said
on
the
day,
we
signed
the
legislation,
there
is
so
much
negative
momentum
in
this
they're.
Just
bending
the
trend
and
breaking
the
back
of
this
horrible
epidemic
is
going
to
require
everybody's
best
efforts
on
a
sustained
basis
over
a
long
period
of
time.
In
some
respects,
it's
a
lot
like
what
Rena
went
through.
B
You
know
if
we
aren't
willing
to
commit
to
this
in
a
serious
way
over
a
fairly
long
period
of
time.
This
is
a
relentless
fall
relentless
if
we
aren't
willing
to
be
relentless
in
response
to
what
we're
up
against
our
chances
for
success
will
be
significantly
diminished
now.
The
good
news
on
this
is
I
do
believe.
We
can
and
will
be
relentless.
B
The
waiver
we
got,
which
was
you
know,
took
thousands
of
hours
and
my
god
more
work
than
you
could
ever
possibly
imagine
two
years
in
Mary,
Lou's
life
and
heifers
F
gives
us
the
ability
to
dramatically
expand
and
build
on
treatment.
Protocols
for
addiction
and
behavioral
health
issues
for
the
1.9
million
people
in
Massachusetts
were
covered
by
MassHealth,
and
it
looks
like,
for
the
time
being,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
continue
to
implement
it,
which
is
a
good
thing.
B
And
we're
going
to
continue
to
chase
a
whole
series
of
initiatives
on
our
own
to
try.
We
try
to
do
what
we
can
around
prevention,
education
and
intervention
and
treatment
and
recovery,
but
as
Jack
and
others
said,
this
is
not
an
issue
that
any
one
group
on
its
own
is
going
to
be
able
to
put
the
bed.
B
If
we're
going
to
be
successful
and
your
presence
here
today,
your
presence
here
speaks
to
the
fact
that
you
get
what
we're
up
against
and
you
understand
the
human
tragedy
that's
associated
with
this
terrible
epidemic,
and
it
is
an
epidemic
I,
don't
care
where
you
put
20
people
in
a
room.
I
promise
you
one
of
those
20
people.
Probably
more,
has
direct
experience
with
this.
This
idea
that
somehow
this
is
happening
someplace
other
than
where
you
live
or
where
you
work.
Do
not
kid
yourself.
B
B
We
are
going
to
continue
to
work
as
hard
as
we
possibly
can
to
build
on
the
work
of
the
past
couple
of
years
and
to
continue
to
fight
this
fight,
but
having
folks
like
you
and
organizations
like
Boston,
Medical
and
organizations
like
partners
and
all
the
big
brains
that
come
with
those
organizations
and
the
stiff
spines
engaged
in
this
is
an
incredibly
important
statement
as
we
begin.
Yes,
the
long
walk
to
take
this
monster
down.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
A
Told
you
kid
Thank,
You
governor
thanks
very
much
by
the
way
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't,
commend
the
Ritz
Hotel
inside
the
Taj
Hotel
for
doing
such
an
extraordinary
job
and
the
hospitality
and
the
breakfast
they
put
together.
Nothing
has
just
work
on
the
noise
from
the
steam
pipes.
I
think
we
moved
the
sight
of
the
one
would
be
particularly
delighted.
A
A
She
was
a
leader
in
in
law.
She
studied
under
a
wonderful
Attorney,
General
and
became,
and
her
first
attempt
to
to
be
elected
to
public
office
was
elected
as
our
Attorney
General
and
she's
done
an
extraordinary
job
in
a
lot
of
areas,
not
the
least
of
which
has
been
this
area.
Opioid
addiction
and
she
created
a
task
force.
A
This
just
one
example
that
went
right
after
first
identifying
and
addressing
Doc's,
who
were
writing
unusually
and
maybe
suspiciously
large
numbers
of
prescriptions
and
that
their
rent,
as
you've
heard
a
couple
of
times
this
morning
is
a
real
part
of
the
problem.
So
we're
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
our
Attorney
General,
who
I
think
is
it's
not
only
an
extraordinary
Attorney
General
but
will
continue
to
be
extraordinary
general
for
the
next
four
years
of
my
hope.
C
C
So
what
do
I
know
I'm
looking
at
a
lot
of
health
professionals
who
know
that
these
things
go
hand
in
hand
and
that
for
far
too
long
in
our
society,
we
decided
to
not
deal
with
those
things
as
directly
as
we
should,
because
I
know,
if
I
asked
for
a
show
of
hands
right
now,
everybody's
hand
would
go
up
to
signify
that
someone
in
their
family
is
affected
by
these
issues.
This
is
the
opportunity
for
us
in
Massachusetts
to
do
what
we've
long
needed
to
do
and
as
Massachusetts
always
does,
we
will
lead.
We.
D
C
Opportunity
with
the
best
brains,
the
best
talent,
the
most
talented
health
care
providers,
the
most
committed
hospitals
and
research
institutions
and
the
most
wonderfully
philanthropic,
public-minded
civically
engaged
business
environment,
to
make
a
meaningful
contribution
that
will
forever
alter,
not
just
the
lives
of
families
here
in
this
state,
but
I
truly
believe
families
all
across
this
country
and
when
I
sit
with
my
colleagues,
Attorney
General
all
across
this
country.
This
is
their
top
issue
every
day
in
their
state,
people
are
dying,
young
and
old,
of
all
races
of
all
socioeconomic
backgrounds.
C
Families
are
devastated
and
ripped
apart,
communities
devastated,
Public
Safety
undermined.
We
know:
what's
happened
now
in
the
wake
of
this
opioid
crisis,
with
the
the
onslaught
of
fentanyl
in
particular,
not
just
heroin
but
fentanyl
into
our
communities.
There
is
much
work
to
do,
but
I
know
that
through
an
effort
like
Rise
Massachusetts,
this
is
going
to
be
the
way
out.
I
give
so
much
credit
to
folks
like
Reyna.
Anybody
who
knows
anybody
who
has
lived
with
recovery
struggled
with
addiction,
I.
D
C
Begin
to
appreciate
fully
what
that
takes
in
terms
of
courage,
discipline,
perseverance,
it's
truly
truly
incredible,
and
you
find
yourself
on
that
path
on
your
road.
You
can
do
anything,
you
can
make
anything
possible,
but
one
thing
that
does
make
it
more
possible.
For
so
many
is.
The
participation
of
community
community
is
represented
by
the
legs
of
the
interests
in
this
realm.
Now
is
your
time
each
and
every
one
of
you
brings
something
to
this.
It's
not
just
it's
not
just
an
important
financial
commitment
and
component,
which
is
indeed
important.
C
We
know
that
commitment
is
important,
but
it's
also
the
expression
and
the
statement
of
we
value
people.
We
value
families
and
we
have
the
wherewithal
to
collectively
take
this
on.
You
know
one
of
the
great
things
about
being
able
to
serve
as
an
elected
official
in
Massachusetts
is
to
wake
up
every
day.
Knowing,
yes,
we
have
a
lot
on
our
plate,
but
across
this
state
we
have
an
incredible
incredible:
offering
of
human
capital
of
intellectual
capital,
of
a
business
philosophy
and
philanthropic
bent
that
enable
our
state
to
do
great
things.
C
It's
no
wonder
that
Massachusetts
is
the
number
one
state
in
the
country
the
place
where
people
want
to
live.
We
have
that
capacity.
We
have
that
ability,
but
we
also
know
that
this
morning,
if
you
walked
a
mere
hundred
yards
across
this
beautiful
public
garden,
you
would
see
people.
You
would
see
people
all
along
the
sidewalk
who,
sadly,
are
struggling.
C
You
don't
have
to
go
over
to
BMC
there,
you
don't
to
them
the
street
to
MGH
I,
see
it
every
day
as
I
come
into
work
and
I
know
you
do
as
well.
It
is
that
pervasive,
but
this
is
the
opportunity
now
to
reach
out
and
make
that
difference.
We've
worked
hard
here.
The
last
three
years
we've
taken
action
to
cut
down
on
illegal
prescribing
practices,
to
change
the
culture
around
prescribing
practices
working
directly
with
doctors
and
others
in
the
field.
That's
good!
C
We've
taken
action
to
change,
dispensing
practices,
better
controls
in
how
we
administer
and
give
out
opioids
that's
good.
Yes,
we
recognize
that
fentanyl
was
a
problem
and
we
made
that
a
crime
here
and
my
office
has
already
had
multiple
prosecutions
against
those
who
would
traffic
in
these
lethal
and
terribly
terribly
tragic
and
dangerous
drugs
into
our
community.
C
And
at
the
beginning
of
all
this,
when
we
saw
the
price
of
narcan
going
up
recognizing
that
it
was
a
life-saving
measure,
we
worked
hard
to
work
with
a
manufacturer
to
reduce
the
price
of
narcan,
make
it
available
to
all
first
responders.
This
is
all
good
and
necessary
work,
but
I
see
through
the
lives
of
the
stories
told
to
me
by
people
who
will
walk
out
of
treatment
facilities
today
there
is
terrible
concern
about
housing,
the
security
of
housing,
the
security
of
employment,
ongoing
needs
for
trauma
counseling
for
mental
health
care.
C
All
of
this
work
is
so
necessary.
It's
so
important
to
sustained
recovery
and
that's
what
we're
about.
We
are
about
results
here
in
Massachusetts,
we're
about
real
results
and
we're
about
lasting
results,
but
we
know
the
kind
of
foundation
that's
necessary
for
that
to
occur,
and
so
I
think
that,
through
this
effort
rise,
Massachusetts
everyone
coming
together
to
contribute
to
bring
to
the
table
what
they
vests
can
bring
to
the
table
and
it
takes
different
forms
for
different
organizations
and
entities
as
represented
in
this
realm.
C
This
is
how
we're
going
to
make
a
difference
and
when
I
think
about
those
families
who
I
know
I
will
encounter
somewhere
along
the
journey
today,
I
think
about
what
lies
ahead
in
terms
of
hope
for
them,
betterment
for
their
loved
ones,
betterment
for
their
families.
I
also
think
about
today's
second
third
and
fourth
graders
I,
followed
I
was
late.
I
got
stuck
behind
a
bus
somewhere,
Thank
You
mare,
it's
good,
I
love
the
city.
C
It's
not
a
comment
on
that
and
it's
great
to
see
these
little
bright
faces
in
the
bus
heading
off
to
heading
off
to
school,
around
the
city,
but
I'm
thinking
about
them
right
now
and
I'm
thinking
about
the
kind
of
world
that
they
are
going
to
grow
into
in
the
next
few
years.
What
they're
going
to
encounter
you
know.
We
recently
had
a
wonderful
agreement
that
we've
worked
out
with
CVS
and
Walgreens
around
dispensing
practices,
and
they
made
a
significant
contribution.
C
They
were
putting
directly
towards
education,
but
I
had
a
mere
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
offer
for
that
cause.
When
we
put
out
the
application,
the
school's
looking
for
that
kind
of
prevention,
education
and
modeling,
we
got
over
four
million
dollars
worth
of
requests,
so
there
is
need
folks
out
there
and
there
is
need
that
will
go.
That
really
speaks
to
the
issue
of
the
importance
of
education
and
prevention,
and
that's
also
where
rise.
Massachusetts
comes
in
I.
C
Thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
you
do
day
in
and
day
out
and
caring
for
patients
and
taking
care
of
our
families
and
taking
care
of
our
communities.
I.
Think
those
particularly
of
family
members
here
and
others
who
have
worked
directly
and
experienced
directly
addiction
and
and-
and
you
really
are
amazing
people
to
me
for
your
strength
and
and
your
fortitude
and
I-
am
just
so
heartened
that
as
Attorney
General,
my
office
will
continue
to
be
part
of
working
collaboratively
to
make
a
difference.
Not
only
remember
folks,
this
isn't
only
about
Massachusetts.
C
A
A
We
want
to
focus
on
this,
so
we
have
a
third
speaker,
the
mayor
of
the
city,
bus
man,
Martin
Walsh,
we're
talking
this
morning
about
addiction,
we're
talking
about
recovery
and
we're
talking
about
leadership,
and
in
this
case
this
gentleman
knows
about
all
three
and
he's
made
it
very
public
because
he
wants
to
be
a
good
example
that
he
is
in
recovery
and
I
have
come
to
know
him
over
the
last
three
years
of
his
24
year.
Term
and
I've
come
to
have
come
to
really
admire
him.
He's
a
natural-born
leader
he's
a
good
man.
A
He
leads
by
example,
and
just
to
give
you
a
case
in
point
when
the
governor
introduced
his
legislation,
the
Mayor
was
right
there
he
supported,
he
testified
on
behalf
of
it.
He
felt
strongly
fart
and
he
worked
with
in
the
legislature,
his
old
home,
to
help
the
governor
pass
the
legislation,
and
so
that
was
a
team
effort
and
was
a
very
successful
one.
F
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
Jack
for
everything
that
he
does
in
the
city
in
the
state
he's
a
guy
that
I
think
we
all
call
when
we
have
a
tough
question,
tough
answer:
we
don't
know
what
we
call
Jack
and
he
finds
the
answer
out
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
leadership
of
rice.
Thank
you
very
much.
What
you
do
every
single
one
of
you
and
being
here
this
morning.
This
is
such
an
important
issue.
F
It's
been
said
so
many
times
say
that
people
in
every
neighborhood
are
struggling
today,
working
to
get
clean.
We
and
their
people
in
this
room.
Now,
when
the
Attorney
General
talked
about
outside
on
the
job
from
here,
there's
probably
something
in
this
room:
that's
struggling
with
alcohol
or
drug
addiction.
If
not,
there's
probably
somebody
in
this
room
that
has
a
family
member
struggling
with
alcohol,
a
drug
addiction
having
breakfast
at
the
Taj
on
Tuesday
morning.
This
is
not
an
illness
or
a
disease
that
just
hits
homeless
people.
F
You
know
when
I,
when
I
went
to
treatment.
The
first
question
was
described
with
alcoholic
is,
and
what
do
you
think
it
is,
and
my
response
and
a
lot
of
people
response
is
well
it's
the
homeless
person.
Of
course
that's
an
alcoholic
and
back
then
it
was.
You
know
anybody
to
neighbor.
It's
your
friend
is
your
colleague
and
that's
what
it
is
today.
Stigma
is
a
huge
obstacle
to
overcome
people,
the
stigma
of
addiction.
F
And
it's
something
that's
important
for
us
to
understand
that
again,
it's
about
stigma
and
when
you
hear
the
stigma
of
methadone
I'll.
Well,
it's
not
a
positive
stigma
which
will
prevent
people
from
wanting
to
go
to
treatment
which
will
prevent
people
because
most
people
that
go
into
the
methadone
clinics
down
there.
You
don't
even
see
them,
you
don't
know
them
again.
Somebody
might
be
in
this
room.
Let's
take
a
methadone
to
get
off.
Howard
did
people
that
work
in
ID
living
that
live
in
our
society.
F
I
went
down
not
too
long
ago
and
was
walking
around
because
we
put
some
some
folks
in
the
street
to
work
with,
with
the
young
people
hanging
out
there
and
trying
to
get
people
into
treatment.
Both
people
had
a
homeless,
some
people
not
homeless
and
we
walked
all
around
and
it
was
interesting
because
every
single
person
out
they
knew
about
politics.
F
I
was
walking
group
of
young
people
there
and,
if
you
drove
by
in
the
car,
you
tell
their
attics
over
there,
there
hi
didn't
know
what's
going
on
and
when
I
went
over,
they
started
talking
to
me
about
the
governor.
They
sidetracked
me
about
what
we're
doing
the
lid.
What
the
legislature
is
doing,
what
we're
doing
in
the
city.
They
sat
trauma
what's
happening
in
Washington
DC.
They
did.
F
They
were
smart
as
anybody
in
this
room
or
any
room
that
I'll
talk
about
today,
people
who
were
just
regular
people,
so
it's
important
for
us
to
understand
that
that
we
need
to
continue
to
work
together
with
a
continuum
of
care.
Recovery
is
possible.
We
just
need
to
make
sure
the
resources
are
there.
20
years
ago,
next
month,
April
12th
I
got
sworn
in
as
a
state
representative.
F
When
I
got
sworn
into
the
House
of
Representatives
one
other
guy,
that
Kevin
Fitzgerald,
he
was
there,
he
is
the
only
guy
really
that
fought
was
fighting
for
recovery
services
at
20
years
ago.
We
weren't
talking
about
this,
like
we
are
today
20
years
ago.
I
would
argue
we
had
at
epidemic,
but
we
didn't
talk
about
the
epidemic
because
it
was.
It
was
too
embarrassing
for
people
to
talk
about.
In
20
years
the
the
legislature
has
come
in
the
country
has
come
a
long
way.
F
Massachusetts
last
year,
passed
landmark
legislation.
As
you
all
know,
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
for
not
only
filing
passing
one
piece
of
legislation
but
fantastic
four
piece
of
legislation.
I
want
to
thank
the
legislature
for
understanding
the
importance
of
passing
that
legislature,
because
we
have
come
a
long
way.
We
have
come
a
long
way.
The
governor
talks
often
times
about
his
own
personal
story
on
the
street
meeting
people
during
the
mesda
during
the
governor's
race
and
he's
packed.
You
can
tell
by
looking
at
him
how
he
feels
about
it.
F
He
knows
his
kids
have
friends.
He
understands
what
addiction
does
and
by
coming
into
the
office
and
making
that
one
of
his
priorities
I
commend
the
governor
for
that.
The
Attorney
General
I
want
to
thank
her
for
cracking
down
on
illegal
prescriptions
because,
again
is
Jack.
Connor
said
we
have
an
attorney
general
and
a
governor
and
a
legislature
and
an
entire
delegation
of
people
that
care
about
addicts
and
addiction
and
being
involved
in
it
and
that's
important
for
us
as
a
state,
it's
important
for
us
as
a
country.
F
We
need
to
continue
to
move
forward.
This
isn't
about
me.
This
isn't
about
the
governor
or
the
or
the
Turney,
general
or
individuals
right
Boston's
about
a
bunch
of
people.
Look
at
the
list
of
people
on
there.
It's
not
about
who
the
leader
is.
Everyone
on
that
list
is
a
leader
you
go
to
that
list.
You
give
the
leaders
of
SEIU,
you
have
the
leaders
of
hospitals
give
the
leaders
of
industry
there's.
F
F
F
Than
that
working
to
make
sure
people
facing
first
and
second
drug
offenses
that
instead
of
going
to
jail,
we
get
them
treatment,
well
putting
addicts
and
alcoholics
in
jail.
If
you
take
the
booze
and
the
drugs
out
of
their
system,
they
don't
commit
the
crime.
It's
that
simple.
If
you
ask
anybody
who
gets
arrested
for
doing
something
foolish
that
was
high
a
drunk
and
you
look
at
their
history,
they
don't
have
one
arrest
on
their
record,
not
one
arrest
on
their
record.
That
says
when
they
weren't
under
the
influence
of
drugs
or
alcohol.
F
We're
also
going
to
require
chain
pharmacies
to
have
drug
collection
kiosks
so
that
we
explain
to
senior
citizens
that
when
they
get
a
drug
and
they
use
them
and
if
they
don't
use
them
on
when
they
go
pick
up
what
other
prescription,
they
can
bring
the
old
one
back
and
throw
it
in
the
box,
because
people
don't
know
what
to
do
with
them.
People
don't
have
a
clue
what
to
do
with
them.
F
F
F
Expand
the
couldn't
Samaritan
protections.
Those
are
the
things
that
we're
going
to
push
for
in
this
next
legislative
session,
because
what
it
does
it
complements
what
the
governor's
already
done.
It
complements
what
the
Attorney
General
has
already
done.
It
complements
what
the
legislators
already
done.
It's
a
continuation
of
how
do
we
deal
with
the
crisis?
That's
in
front
of
us
rise.
Massachusetts
represents
the
potential
for
all
of
us
through
cross
sectors,
because
this
conversation
is
an
important
conversation
on
a
half.
We
have
leaders
like
dr.
F
men
to
join
indemic
who's
on
the
frontlines
long
before
the
opioid
academic
captured
national
attention.
She's
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time.
I
had
a
chance
when
I
first
got
elected,
go
to
walk
to
Demick
and
walk
around
and
I
should
have
known,
but
I
didn't
realize
all
the
programs
up
there
on
her
campus.
They
have
everything
you
need.
You
go
from
a
detox
to
a
transition
from
a
transition
to
a
halfway
house
from
a
halfway
house
to
jobs.
F
It's
all
in
Roxbury,
in
Boston
and
she's
doing
that
we
have
companies
like
oscillate,
Mass,
General,
GE,
Boston,
Medical,
another
plate
in
brigham
and
all
the
other
hospitals
working
to
make
sure
that
we
we
take.
Take
the
brainpower
that
we
have
here
doing
a
hackathon.
Last
year,
Qi
did
hackathon
challenging
local
innovators
come
up
with
ways
to
beat
the
epidemic,
keep
my
total
housing
out
of
that
help.
We
did
a
hackathon
in
the
city
two
years
ago
we
had
a.
F
We
had
a
complicated
process
for
licenses
and
for
permits-
and
we
was
this
if
you,
if
I
showed
you
the
chart,
it
looked
like
the
n-c-double-a
16
bracket
on
steroids
and
we've
brought
a
whole
bunch
of
people
that
knew
nothing
about
licensing
and
permitting
and
they
had
a
hackathon.
You
know
something
chemical,
the
system
that
works,
we
instituted
it.
So
why
not
bring
in
people
that
might
not
be
as
connected,
but,
as
somebody
said
earlier,
I
think
the
government
said
this.
You
know
somebody's
going
to
walk
into
the
hackathon.
I
walked
into
that
hackathon.
F
That
has
a
mother,
a
father,
brother
sister
that
was
addicted
to
drugs.
I
didn't
know
what
to
do
so.
It
is
personal
for
them.
We
got
to
continue
working
with
our
great
companies
for
that.
This
type
of
leadership
that
we
have
right
now
has
never
been
more
important
during
the
presidential
election
I
was
watching
TV
when
Hillary
Clinton
was
on
TV
and
she
was
talking
about
drug
addiction
and
mental
health.
It's
a
candidate
doctor
myselves
the
first
time
I
ever
ever
heard
a
presidential
candidate
talk
about
addiction.
F
A
couple
nights
later
I
saw
chris
christie
was
at
a
town
hall.
Chris
christie
start
talking
about
addiction.
A
month
later,
Jeb
Bush
started
talking
about
addiction,
and
you
heard
every
candidate
talking
about
addiction.
The
president
that
we
have
today
knows
what
addiction
is
to
the
Antunez
family,
so
I'm,
hoping
that
Washington
does
do
the
right
thing
with
addiction
and
support
and
funding
and
good
funding,
not
just
for
money
at
the
situation,
but
actually
working
with
Massachusetts
and
other
states
to
see
what
we
need
and
what
they
need
to
move.
F
What
we
have
to
do
forward
to
end
the
epidemic
that
we
have
so
I'm,
hoping
that
our
voices
are
heard
and
Washington
in
the
city,
with
doubling
down
on
progress
that
we've
already
made.
We
just
had
a
conversation
about
a
citywide
prevention
study.
We
had
a
bunch
of
people
in
the
office
led
by
Jen
Tracy,
who
runs
our
office
and
Monica
velders
loop,
a
public
health
commission,
and
we
talked
about
and
we
talked
about.
F
We
talked
about
prevention
in
every
neighborhood.
That
goes
to
sign.
That's
my
sign.
All
right,
Jack
I'll!
Stop!
In
a
minute
we
taught
we
talked
about
prevention
in
West
Roxbury.
We
talked
about
prevention
in
Roxbury.
We
talked
about
prevention
in
Mattapan
and
ever
thank
you
and
everywhere
else,
a
little
higher.
Please.
B
F
F
One
of
the
things
that
we
realize
and
the
state
does
this:
when
parents
and
people
need
to
get
connections
to
drug
addiction,
we
didn't
have
a
number
in
the
city.
What
we
did
we
convert
out
three
on
one
line
into
a
24-hour
hotline
that
we
can
help.
People
have
questions
on
drugs
or
alcohol
people
that
might
just
want
to
ask
a
question
people,
it's
anonymous,
the
people
that
might
want
to
get
their
loved
ones
into
treatment.
The
night
of
my
state
of
the
city
when
I
announced
it
that
would
announce
it
for
the
second
time.
F
I
said
anyone
needs
help,
call
right.
Now
we
could
call
that
night.
We
had
calls
that
night
people
looking
for
help.
We
expanded
EMS,
we
added
20
new
first
responders
out
in
the
street,
will
change
the
way
we
deliver
our
services
out
to
the
street,
we're
creating
wraparound
services.
I,
say
all
this,
because
this
is
an
important
issue:
I'm
gonna
I'm,
going
to
end
where
I
began,
I
want
to
thank
rise.
F
Massachusetts
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
and
I
want
everyone
you,
when
you
leave
today,
I
know
as
I
look
around
this
room.
I
can
tell
there
are
people
in
this
room
that
under
snow
exact,
what
I'm
talking
about
with
their
family
members,
we
need
to
continue
to
move
forward
together.
This
is
not
a
Democrat
Republican
issue.
This
is
not
a
red
blue
city
issue,
state
issue.
This
is
not
about
a
conservative
or
or
progressive
issue.
This
it
drugs
out
all
drugs.
Don't
care
heroin
doesn't
care
what
blood
it
goes
into.
F
Opiate
drugs
prescription
drugs,
don't
care
who
you
are
what
you
stand
for
and
that's
why,
on
this
issue,
it's
important
for
us
to
continue
to
move
together.
It's
important
for
us
to
make
sure
that
not
only
do
we
provide
the
treatment
that
people
need,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
start
to
continue
to
work
on
the
prevention
that
people
need
as
well.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
great
work
is
owed
around
the
room.
Thank
you
for
all
of
you.
What
you
do,
what
you've
done
for
addiction
over
the
last?
G
Decided
I'd
stand
over
here,
so
the
governor
wouldn't
have
to
hold
the
sign
for
me
so
good
morning.
For
those
of
you
who
do
not
know
me,
my
name
is
dr.
Maia
schimminger,
Jordan
and
I'm.
The
president
CEO
epidemic
Center
and
I'm,
proud
to
be
a
board
member
of
Raj
and
I
echo.
My
thanks
to
all
of
you
for
being
here
this
morning
for
such
an
important
issue.
G
I
am
a
rise
board
member
because
of
the
urgency
to
make
more
progress
on
the
opioid
epidemic
because
rise
is
an
independent,
not-for-profit,
while
focus
on
finding
and
funding
the
best
solutions
available
for
the
problem
and
because
the
rise
board
is
made
up
of
strong
leaders
representing
diverse
organizations
across
the
Commonwealth.
The
board's
commitment
is
to
make
sure
that
Ryze
moves
forward
as
an
initiative
that
the
entire
community
own
there's
more
information
available
in
the
program
brochures
that
each
of
you
received
when
you
enter
the
room,
including
a
list,
as
you
heard.
G
Four
years
ago,
demyx
started
a
seemingly
impossible
campaign
to
raise
over
fifteen
million
dollars
to
support
the
full
renovation
and
expansion
of
our
detox
based
on
historic
building
and
Roxbury
a
facility
that
serves
over
more
than
3000
men
and
women.
She
was
in
critical
need
of
an
upgrade
at
that
time.
As
you've
heard,
addiction
was
not
a
hot
topic,
it
was
not
the
cause
that
resonated
with
donors,
and
it
was
not
recognized
as
being
on
the
forefront
of
needs
in
passing
diverse
communities.
G
Nevertheless,
despite
the
stigma
and
shame
that
plagued
the
disease
of
addiction
at
that
time,
substance
use
disorder
was
real
Israel
claiming
lives,
destroying
families
and
communities
as
it
had
been
for
years,
and
the
need
for
inpatient,
detox
and
ongoing
recovery
services,
far
outpaced
the
supply
of
beds
and
other
programs.
So
you
can
imagine
it
was
initially
very
difficult
for
me
to
conceive
how
we
were
going
to
achieve
our
fundraising
goal.
The
shift
that
needed
to
happen
that
is
happening
right
now
was
that
we
needed
to
change
the
conversation
about
addiction.
G
We
needed
to
change
the
language,
shed
the
stigma
and
shine
a
light
on
what
so
many
were
suffering
with
in
the
dark
demyx
campaign
shared
the
stories
of
addiction
to
reveal
the
many
faces
of
addiction.
We
enlisted
our
mayor
to
share
his
story
and
he
became
one
of
the
important
faces
of
our
campaign.
I
sat
down
with
donors
and
with
corporate
leaders
and
learned
of
their
own
personal
stories,
of
how
addiction
had
impacted
their
families
and
their
friends.
I
met
with
our
legislative
leaders
and
learned
about
the
increasing
volume
of
calls
from
their
constituents.
G
I
met
with
the
leadership
from
our
Hospital
partners
and
heard
about
increases
in
emergency
department
visits,
hospitalizations
and
deaths
due
to
substance
use
disorders.
We
also
looked
at
our
own
data
that
shows
that
demux
detox
was
treating
individuals
not
just
from
Roxbury
and
other
boston
neighborhoods,
but
from
over
200
zip
codes
throughout
the
Commonwealth.
G
During
that
time,
addiction
became
and
remains
today,
an
issue
of
the
basic
human
right
to
live
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
we
raised
over
16
million
dollars
to
support
our
building
the
role
for
recovery
campaign
and
we
broke
ground
in
January
and
look
forward
to
the
opening
of
the
doors
of
our
dr.
Lucy
Sewell
acute
treatment
services.
Next
year,
demyx
Board
of
over
23
members
led
by
flash
Wiley
and
Bob
rivers
were
the
first
to
step
up
with
their
support
and
demonstrate
their
understand
the
urgency
at
hand.
G
Beth
Israel,
Deaconess,
Medical,
Center,
Boston,
Medical,
Center
and
Partners
HealthCare
also
contributed
significantly
to
our
campaign,
and
let
me
underscore
the
importance
of
what
I
just
said.
We
are
in
Boston
home
to
some
of
the
most
prestigious
hospitals
in
the
world,
hospitals
with
often
competing
priorities.
However,
this
disease,
this
epidemic,
is
greater
than
any
one
entity
can
manage,
and
the
hospital
leadership
recognized
that
and
came
together
for
their
campaign
for
our
campaign,
as
they
do
today
in
support
of
a
common
cause.
G
Our
primary
philanthropic
partner,
the
rocky
foundations
and
major
supporter
throughout
the
process
helped
us
to
bring
other
philanthropic
organizations
to
the
table
by
allowing
us
to
leverage
their
support
and
reputation
in
the
philanthropic
community.
Our
corporate
partners,
donors
and
legislative
leaders
all
worked
in
concert
to
uplift
our
cause
and
support
the
capital.
Programmatic
needs
of
our
detox
and
I'm
deeply
grateful
for
their
Swift
and
generous
contributions.
G
But
I
say
all
this,
because
the
key
to
our
success
came
from
a
meeting
like
this
one
today,
a
meeting
that
represents
the
collective
power
of
all
that
have
been
impacted
by
this
disease.
All
too
often
a
deadly
disease.
It
comes
from
the
recognition
that
each
of
us
in
this
room
are
critical
stakeholders
necessary
to
turn
the
tide
of
addiction.
We
must
approach
this
as
a
basic
right
to
live
a
moral
cause,
a
community
cause
and
a
business
imperative.
G
After
all,
we
know
that
there
is
no
immunity
from
this
disease.
It
impacts
us
all,
as
we've
heard
this
morning,
regardless
of
our
income,
our
race,
our
ethnic
background
or
where
we
live.
Therefore,
each
of
us
in
this
room
has
a
personal
responsibility
to
take
on
this
issue,
as
if
we
are
fighting
for
our
own
lives
and
for
those
of
our
children.
The
sex.
The
success
of
demux
campaign
is
a
testament
to
the
energy
that
is
in
this
room.
G
Today,
each
of
us
represent
a
critical
component
to
the
solutions
that
we
need
to
affect
change
in
this
epidemic.
We
need
our
corporate
community
philanthropic,
community,
academia,
legislative
leaders,
health
system
leaders
and
community
members
to
work
together
to
rise
up
together
to
support
the
prevention,
treatment
and
recovery
for
substance
use
disorders.
That
is
why
we
are
here
today,
and
that
is
what
we
can
do
collectively.
It
is
our
time
to
rise.
Thank
you.
A
A
Today
is
the
beginning
of
taking
advantage
of
leadership's
example,
the
electeds,
if
you
will,
and
the
medical
example,
and
now
we
have
the
opportunity
to
step
up,
maybe
we
should
have
done
it
sooner,
but
we're
doing
it
today,
we've
committed
to
raise
fifty
million
dollars,
we've
already
raised
twelve
point,
eight
million
dollars
at
50
million
dollars
and
we're
with
this
some
very
positive
momentum
behind
us.
I
promise
you
that
is,
we
build
this
program.
We
will
spend
even
less
money
on
signage
and
music
alarm
programmatic
activity.
A
We
have
three
speakers
are
going
to
come
up
now
and
just
address
why
they
contributed
I
have
contributed
significantly
to
this.
We
have
one
from
the
SEIU
tyreq
I'd
like
to
invite
you
to
come
up.
We
have
another
from
General
Electric.
You
know
general
electrics
done
so
much
good
all
over
the
world
really,
but
now,
thanks
to
the
leadership
of
the
governor
and
the
mayor
and
the
sense
of
humor
on
the
part
of
the
GE
executives,
Boston
is
now
home.
A
E
Thank
you,
jack,
hello,
everyone.
My
name
is
Tyreke
Lee
senior
I
am
the
executive
vice
president
for
1199
SEIU,
the
largest
healthcare
union
in
the
state
with
56,000
workers.
You
know
personally,
for
me:
I've
dealt
with
my
mom
and
addiction
in
recovery
and
prevention
for
nearly
30
years
now,
yes,
I
know
I,
look
good
from
eight,
but
it's
been
very
difficult.
You
know
going
through
this
path
of
being
her
recovery.
Coach
looking
for
services
in
the
community
has
been
difficult.
You
know
when
I
was
able
to
finally
find
somewhere
for
her
to
go.
E
It
was
over
two
hours
away,
so
it
becomes
even
more
difficult
to
make
sure
that
I'm
there
for
her,
but
also
as
the
executive
vice
president
of
Massachusetts.
We
have
fifty
six
thousand
members
in
the
state
and
they
are
front-line
health
care
workers
who
see
this
every
day
from
the
registered
nurse
to
the
housekeeper
to
the
dietary
worker
and
even
our
own
Lisa
Murphy
who's.
Here
today
and
I,
thank
you
for
driving
up
from
the
Cape
Cod,
and
you
know,
along
with
Michael,
has
seen
this
every
day.
E
Just
the
Cape
Cod,
but
also
has
lost
her
sister
a
couple
years
ago
to
addiction
also
has
helped
her
daughter
in
recovery.
So
not
only
are
we
working
this
every
day,
we're
living
it
just
as
Marty
and
said
just
desire
and
I
hope
like
a
car,
you
Marty
and
Charlie
I
will
anyway,
but
just
as
they
have
said,
there's
not
anybody
in
this
room
or
anybody
that
we
know
that
has
not
seen
and
lived
this.
So
it's
important
that
I
want
to
thank
our
elected
officials.
E
D
I'll,
go
for
the
no
signage
I'm
gum
going
rogue
here
so
good
morning
and
I'm
Deirdre
Latour
I'm,
the
chief
communications
officer
GE,
and
on
the
board
of
the
GE
foundation,
I'm
so
happy
to
be
here.
It's
so
important
to
us
at
GE.
Thank
you
to
the
governor
and
to
the
mayor
and
the
Attorney
General,
and
thank
you
very
much
jack.
This
is
a
really
important
issue
to
GE
and
if
you
know
GE
at
all,
we
are
relentless
right.
Governor
mayor.
D
We
are
relentless
culture,
so
this
is
important
to
us.
I'll
just
spend
a
few
minutes
in
in
talking
a
little
bit
about
very
quickly
about
what
we're
doing,
and
my
hope
is
that
this
is
a
call
to
action
for
other
companies
in
the
Commonwealth
to
contribute
funds
and
resources
and
ideas,
and
that's
sort
of
why
we're
standing
here
today.
D
So,
as
some
of
you
know,
when
GE
announced
that
we
were
moving
to
Massachusetts
to
Boston,
we
announced
a
50
million
dollar
commitment
to
philanthropic
commitment
to
the
city
into
the
Commonwealth,
and
what
we've
done
is
taken:
15
million
of
that
50
and
target
assigned
it
to
target
healthcare
issues
and,
in
particular,
issues
around
helping
to
cure
the
help
solve
the
opioid
crisis.
So,
after
meeting
with
many
of
you
and
local
stakeholders
in
this
room,
we
decided
to
focus
those
opioid
efforts
on
both
innovation
and
capacity
building
and
and
just
as
we're
coming
together.
D
Today
is
a
public-private
partnership,
we're
working
with
several
partners
in
the
room
to
implement
our
programs.
We
started
in
September.
The
hackathon
has
been
mentioned
a
couple
times:
Camp
Tech
and
Mass
General
Hospital
to
work
on
a
opioid
hackathon.
We
had
more
than
250
people
there.
It
was
really
phenomenal
lots
of
great
ideas
that
have
come
out
of
it.
Some
of
them
were
mentoring,
GES,
mentoring,
teams
of
people.
D
Those
centers
can
treat
more
patients
more
effectively
with
Boston
Medical
Center,
we're
working
in
community
health
centers
to
train
providers
in
providing
care
for
substance
disorders,
including
medications
and
addiction,
working
with
Mass
General
on
a
medicine
medical
fellowship
and
with
the
Massachusetts
League
of
Community
Health
in
the
Craft
Center
I'm,
bringing
more
women
in
diversity
to
the
next
generation
of
primary
care
providers.
So
lots
of
great
work
that
we're
trying
really
hard
from
the
GE
perspective
to
bring
to
the
community
and
I.
Just
one
last
word
on
erasing
the
stigma.
D
It's
come
up
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
times,
but
it's
something
we're
talking
a
lot
about
the
GE
foundation
and
how
important
it
is
to
work
together
to
bring
the
right
context
and
support
and
sort
of
normalize
addiction
so
that
the
stigma
can
be
erased
more
easily.
So
we
can
do
great
things
together
by
seeding
ideas.
We
need
more
of
you.
We
need
more
of
the
private
sector
to
join
rise
and
to
join
the
fight.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
H
Good
morning,
I'm
Andrew
Dreyfuss
from
Blue
Cross,
Blue
Shield
of
Massachusetts
on
the
last
speaker
and
I'm,
hoping
I'll,
be
the
briefest,
but
I
want
to
say
three
make
three
points
for
you
this
morning.
First
like
tie
week,
I
too
am
a
family
member
and
I've
known
and
I
know
today
the
fear
and
frustration
and
also
hope
that
comes
with
both
addiction
and
recovery
and
I,
feel
it
every
day
and
I
feel
it
personally.
H
Second
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
five
years
ago
before
the
opioid
epidemic
was
making
headlines
launched
a
first
in
the
nation
program
to
reduce
the
number
of
inappropriate,
opioids
and
other
pain,
prescription,
pain,
prescriptions
that
were
going
into
the
community.
That
program
has
reduced
by
21.5
million
doses.
The
number
of
prescription
opioids
that
are
going
in
to
the
Massachusetts
community.
That
program
became
in
part
a
model
for
some
of
the
work
that
the
governor
and
the
legislature
signed
into
law.
H
It's
been
reviewed
by
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control's,
a
unique
program
of
a
private
initiative,
advancing
a
public
health
goal
and
has
now
been
replicated
across
the
country.
The
third
thing,
I
want
to
say,
is
I,
am
proud
to
be
a
founding
member
arised
and
at
Blue
Cross
were
pledging
two
things:
one
financial
support
for
perhaps
more
importantly,
a
place
to
test
and
measure
the
effectiveness
of
the
treatment
models
that
Ryze
develops.
H
So
if
recovery
coaches
is
part
of
the
solution,
let's
understand
it,
let's
test
it,
let's
measure
it
and
then
let's
support
it
and
Blue
Cross
as
a
leading
plan
in
the
state
is
prepared
to
do
that.
So
we
thank
you
for
all
your
support
this
morning.
We're
excited
about
rise
and
we're
committed
to
its
success.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
So,
thank
you
all
very
much
for
being
here
dr.
Wakeman.
Thank
you
for
your
amazing
example.
For
a
long
time,
we
we've
heard
from
all
the
leaders
we've
heard
from
the
governor
we've
heard
from
the
Attorney
General
referred
from
the
mayor.
Now
we
need
to
hear
from
you
I,
really
appreciate
your
willingness,
based
on
your
presentation
to
agree
to
be
the
person
in
charge
of
raising
the
extra
money
to
get
us
to
50
million.
It
was
great
that
was
a
great
opening
pitch
for
the
50.