Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee

Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee approves prior minutes, hears expansion pitch. Chair Annie Catalano opened three positions, co-chair, secondary harm reductionist treatment provider, and student representative, and featured FIRST Steps Together, a peer-led program serving expectant parents

Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee approved April meeting minutes unanimously and heard a presentation from FIRST Steps Together. Program Director Christina Russell described the eight-year-old initiative serving parents and expectant parents with substance use histories across Cape Cod from

Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee approved prior-month minutes and heard updates on emerging drug adulterants on Cape Cod. Eliza Morrison of the AIDS Support Group reported that 30 percent of cocaine and 20 percent of methamphetamine in Massachusetts tested positive for fentanyl during 2025,

Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee unanimously approved Hillard Boskey for the Board of Health and Treasurer position and heard from Sharing Kindness co-founder Kim Mead-Walters on regional suicide prevention and grief support services. Mead-Walters reported that 1 in 9 children in Barnstable

Yarmouth Substance Awareness Committee reviews overdose data for second half of 2025. The Fire Department responded to 16 overdose calls from July through December, administering 20 doses of Narcan to patients ranging from age 14 to adult; the youngest was an admitted drug user who received two