Oct 06, 2017
Dr. Hank Nykamp -The Fentanyl Crisis in Cambridge
The Fentanyl Crisis in Cambridge

During the past year, Dr Nykamp says the number of drug overdose-related deaths in Cambridge has doubled.

 
Police, crime prevention and health officials are teaming up to educate the public about the dangers of fentanyl and how to access and administer the live-saving antidote, giving more time for help to arrive.  Unfortunately, that message sometimes comes too late.
 

Dr Nykamp has already been speaking with city and region officials, and well as staff at different health and social service agencies, about the fentanyl crisis and the impacts it’s having on the community.

“What we need is a grass-roots organization to start dealing with this,” he said. “We can reverse this by working together.”