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Roxbury community health center gets $1 million funding to support substance use treatment

Por: The Boston Globe Nation October 06, 2022

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David Goss started to drink alcohol when he was 13 years old, believing it was harmless weekend mischief.But it was the start of a slippery slope of addiction that led the Dorchester native also to use marijuana, prescription drugs, cocaine, and eventually opioids to mask his insecurity.Goss grew isolated from his family. For decades, he faced a vicious cycle of incarceration and homelessness. Scouring Massachusetts Avenue for drugs felt like... + full article



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