Public Health: Managing Opioids and E-Cigarettes in Massachusetts

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with Dr. Monica Bharel on the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Posted

Apr 13, 2019

MA consistently ranks among the highest in healthiest states. Dr. Monica Bharel, Commissioner of the MA Department of Public Health, discusses the states response to the opioid crisis and raising the age for tobacco and E-cigarette sales to 21.

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