Tom Relihan, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Recorder Staff/Tom RelihanSarah Ahern of Greenfield demonstrates the use of a new Narcan carrying case designed to increase access to the lifesaving overdose reversal medication and reduce the stigma around opioid addiction.

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Narcan case aims to increase awareness, save lives

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteNovember 15, 2016

GREENFIELD — Minutes matter when a person is experiencing an opioid overdose, and the quicker a person can administer the life-saving medication Narcan, the better are the odds of survival.Now, one local addiction activist is working with a nonprofit…

Recorder/Paul FranzGreenfield police chief Robert Haigh Jr.

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With pot legal, what will Franklin County towns do?

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteNovember 13, 2016

Dr. Marguerite Gump talks to seniors about pain management at the Greenfield YMCA.

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Avoiding opioids: Greenfield physician gives a primer on pain relief

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteNovember 7, 2016

Marijuana grows at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will allow more research into its possible medical benefits, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced Aug. 11, 2016.

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Local law enforcement: legal pot puts youth at risk, might feed black markets, drugged driving

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteOctober 31, 2016

A three-car collision on Interstate 91 Friday resulted in all three cars being towed and one driver being taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center.

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High on the highways: Legal pot’s impact still unclear

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteOctober 31, 2016

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Money in the pot?More state revenue, yes; but taxing too much won’t kill black market

by Tom Relihan Recorder StaffOctober 31, 2016

Police confiscated $2,435 in cash, as well as animal tranquilizer ketamine and drug paraphernalia, during an arrest at the StrangeCreek Campout music festival in Greenfield.

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Is marijuana a gateway drug?Medical studies have yet to show cause-effect between early pot use and hard drug use later

by Tom Relihan Recorder StaffOctober 31, 2016

LivWell store manager Carlyssa Scanlon shows off some of the products available in the marijuana line marketed by rapper Snoop Dogg in one of the marijuana chain's outlets south of downtown Denver in December 2015. As legal marijuana becomes a further-entrenched fact of life in Colorado, small-town leaders are struggling to sort out the same issues that Denver and other cities have tangled with, from zoning for grows and dispensaries to allowing cannabis clubs.

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Question 4 would create a framework for legal marijuana that resembles liquor laws

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteOctober 29, 2016

The Sunoco station at 155 Main St. in Greenfield has been proposed as the future site of a medical marijuana dispensary.

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For pro-marijuana group, grass would be greener on other side of the law

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteOctober 28, 2016

Just one vine of the 10 medical marijuana plants Francesco Compagnone and Patti Scutari were growing remains after state police seized them in early September.

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Opponents of legal marijuana see more impaired driving, harm to youth

by Tom Relihan For the GazetteOctober 28, 2016