Rep. Lyons Pushes effort to allow 72-hour Medical Hold for Treating Overdose Victims
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BOSTON – State Representative Jim Lyons (R-Andover) today offered an amendment to allow doctors and care givers the power to involuntarily hold overdose victims at a hospital or drug treatment facility for an initial three day period to receive emergency treatment. The amendment, put forth by Rep. Lyons and Rep. Shaunna L. O’Connell (R-Taunton), was […]