Youth Action Team, Anti-Drug Legislation: Top Melrose News

MELROSE, MA—News has been on the lighter side of late in Melrose, but many interesting stories have risen to the surface.

Melrose resident and Congresswoman Katherine Clark, along with Illinois Congressman Robert Dold introduced bipartisan legislation which will increase the availability of naloxone throughout the United States. The bill comes in response to the increasing amount of overdose-related deaths in the U.S., which have quadrupled in the past decade, according to the announcement of the legislation.

The full story can be found here:

Rep. Clark Takes Swing at Heroin Epidemic

That’s not all that has happened so far. Here are some other top stories from Melrose Patch.

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