Amid an opioid addiction crisis, which killed more than 1,000 people last year in Massachusetts, there’s a big need for treatment. But some advocates for children say the state should also focus on prevention - and it needs to start early, as soon as middle school. John Kelly, Elizabeth R. Spallin Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
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