Some say inpatient stays are ineffective. By Felice J. Freyer Boston Globe Staff Photo Caption: Paul Kusiak of Beverly played with his grandson, Sam, while sitting with his two sons, Jared (left) and Jason. Paul Kusiak calls it “our family’s personal 9/11.” His two sons, four years apart in age, both started struggling with opioid addiction a decade ago. At the same time, Kusiak faced another bruising fight: getting insurance to pay for his sons’ medical care. He ended up pay

By Brian MacQuarrie Boston Globe SCITUATE — Syringes on the beach. Young people found drugged and unconscious. A growing list of deaths caused by heroin. Those elements are part of a drug-related drama playing out in Scituate, a comfortable South Shore community whose whitewashed lighthouse and cozy harbor have long evoked a seaside ideal of suburban life. But now, five deaths have been linked to opioids in the town this year, and officials fearmore fatalities before the regi

WCVB Newscenter 5 Hearst Television WATCH VIDEO With momentum building for legalization of marijuana in Mass. and across the country, some scientists say brain research should give the public cause for concern. Speaking at a Medical Development Group symposium, Dr. Bertha Madras, a professor of Psychobiology at Harvard Medical School, said research showing brain damage in habitual users who started using marijuana at a young age is "solid." Madras served as Deputy Director