Ashlee Northup, 33, a resident of Cape Cod who has been sober for the past six years, poses for a portrait in Sandwich, Massachusetts, U.S., April 3, 2022. As a prior drinker Northup knows first hand what addiction is like. Now, six years later she has seen many friends lose their life to opioid addiction on the Cape. "I've seen more friends die than walk along the path of recovery with me; somewhere between 15-20 at least," Northup said during an interview with Reuters. Picture taken April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

Linda Cubellis, who has been running the group Parents Supporting Parents for six years and has witnessed first hand the many lives lost to an overdose within her group alone, poses for a portrait in Sandwich, Massachusetts, U.S., March 21, 2022. "We never lost a kid up until seven years ago. We were all there. We were all afraid our kids were going to die. We’ve lost 28 in almost seven years just in our group. Three since September," Cubellis said about overdose deaths during an interview with Reuters. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A motel is closed for the winter season in the town of Truro, Massachusetts, U.S., February 19, 2022. Picture taken February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

Elizabeth Cleary, a Cape Cod resident for 33 years and former opiate and heroine user who has now spent the past 10 years of her life sober, poses for a portrait in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, U.S., March 21, 2022. "This needs to be talked about. It's common as cancer or eczema so why are we not acknowledging it? The demographic and generational stuff along the Cape feeds into how the families want to be perceived as it really does affect a child in their recovery," Cleary said about opioid addiction in Cape Cod during an interview with Reuters. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

Sand covers the stairs on Marconi Beach during the winter months in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S., March 12, 2022. Picture taken March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A hotel is left desolate and closed up for the off-season in Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S., March 20, 2022. Picture taken March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A woman in a winter coat looks out over the sand dunes of Marconi Beach during the early morning in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S., March 12, 2022. Picture taken March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A Cape Cod resort is seen empty of both tourists and water during the capes off-season in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, U.S., April 4, 2022. Picture taken April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

Condominiums are boarded up during the winter months due to winter storms in Truro, Massachusetts, U.S., March 20, 2022. Picture taken March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A portrait of Glenn Bois, who died of an overdose on November 2, 2019, sits on the dashboard of his father David's truck in Dennis, Massachusetts, U.S., March 13, 2022. "When collecting donations for our parents' supporting parents auction, everybody you talk to has been affected in some way from this. So I think the community overall is open to helping those dealing with addiction", David said during an interview with Reuters. Picture taken March 13, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

The Pilgrim Monument is seen from a distance along the snowy sand dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S., February 19, 2022. Picture taken February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

Sergeant Ryan Carr of poses for a portrait inside the training room at the Dennis police department in Dennis, Massachusetts, U.S., February 18, 2022. Carr belives that the typical 4mg doses of narcan to save lives of those who have overdosed along Cape Cod might increase to 6mg or 8mg in the future as opioids and addiction becomes stronger. "We actively try to reduce stigma – we try to show that people do not choose to wake up and need a drug fix…they don’t want this. They need help", Carr said of the opiod epidemic. Picture taken February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

Along one of the roads in Provincetown is a sign that guides tourists back to Route 6, the mid-Cape Cod highway or the beaches of Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S., March 12, 2022. Picture taken March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

David Bois kneels in front of the site where his son Glenn was buried after he died of an overdose on November 2, 2019 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, U.S., January 19, 2022. David visits Glenn's grave at Chandler Gray Cemetery almost everyday. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Condominiums are boarded up during the winter months due to winter storms in Truro, Massachusetts, U.S., March 20, 2022. Picture taken March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

The Marconi beach parking lot, a beach on Cape Cod that is typically packed with beachgoers and tourists is seen empty on an early winter morning in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S., March 12, 2022. Picture taken March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

David Bois, 66, poses for a portrait wearing a hunting jacket that belonged to his son Glenn who died of an overdose on November 2, 2019 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, U.S., January 19, 2022. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

A hedge spells out the word "Cape Cod" as seen upon entering the mainland of the cape in Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S., February 25, 2022. Picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

David Bois reads the letters that his son Glenn sent during his time in and out of both rehab and prison before he died of an overdose on November 2, 2019, as he sits in Glenn's room of David's house in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, U.S., January 19, 2022. "We need rehabs on Cape Cod. We have very few sober living places and they need to be long term," Bois said. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto 

One of the many journal entries Glenn Bois had written during his time both in prison and in rehab before he died of an overdose on November 2, 2019, is seen in Glenn's room of his father David's house in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, U.S., January 19, 2022. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mel Musto