Community Coalitions Subcommittee

In an effort to determine the scope of the drug epidemic within Plymouth County, District Attorney Tim Cruz and Sheriff Joe McDonald have created the Community Coalitions Subcommittee of the Plymouth County Drug Abuse Task Force.

The Community Coalitions Subcommittee serves as a clearinghouse of resources for the community coalitions that have formed across Plymouth County.

Presently, 23 out of the 27 communities in Plymouth County have established their own coalitions.

Community Coalitions Subcommittee Chairs

Jennifer Cantwell

Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office

Joanne Peterson

Founder, Learn to Cope

Hillary DuBois-Farquharson

HighPoint Treatment Center/BAPC

Find a Community Coalition

Community Coalitions around Plymouth County-
Listed by towns.

Community Coalitions

Cable Shows

Click Here

to learn about our campaign
https://otf.plymouthda.com/make-it-home/

Brochures & Informational Flyers

Get the Script on your Prescription — BMOOPC’s brochure “Be the better patient. Get the Script on Your Prescripton”

Past Events

Learn to Cope: Knowledge is Power

2nd Annual Conference- June 22, 2019

National Prevention Week Creativity Contest

May 12-18, 2019

If you suspect
something,
do something.

The number of opioid related overdose deaths in Plymouth County have decreased from last year.

2014 - 110 deaths
2015 - 174 deaths
2016 - 190 deaths
2017- 202 deaths
2018- 151 deaths
2019- 176 deaths
2020- 185 deaths
2021- 167 deaths
2022- *125 deaths/DPH data- 190 deaths

Opioids include heroin, opioid-based prescription painkillers and other unspecified opioids. This data was taken from the Mass State Police, the Plymouth County Drug Abuse Task Force Database, PCO and the Department of Public Health (DPH). This data is preliminary and subject to change, as a large number of death certificates have yet to be assigned a final cause of death code.

*2022 Data was taken from the PCDATF Database, consistent with data collected by PCO and MSP. DPH numbers are inflated showing an additional 65 fatal overdoses. This number reflects the number of fatal overdoses that occurred outside of Plymouth County that were transported to a hospital within Plymouth County.