

Infant addicts are now kindergarten aged. Are we ready?
Our schools are straining to serve young students whose childhoods have been scarred by the long-running opioid addiction crisis on Cape Cod. We originally published the article below a year ago, and reprint it today in response to recent attention to the subject in local media. “Sally” came out of the womb in pain. She cried inconsolably for hours, her body rigid.
She needed to be rocked and held almost constantly at Cape Cod Hospital, where her 2011 birth marked the early


Cape Cod Advocate walks to support suicide prevention
Cape Cod Advocates Christine and Tina were joined by their husbands Michael and P.J. and dogs Quinn and Keno in walking the Out of the Darkness Cape Cod Campus Walk held at Eldredge Park in Orleans on May 13, 2017. We were proud to be a corporate sponsor and walk in support of the Cape Cod Campus 5K Walk last weekend! The cool weather didn't dampen the dedication of more than 200 walkers who helped the organization exceed its $30,000 initial fundraising goal. The funds will b