Michael Higgins is the Director of Substance Abuse Prevention in the town of Billerica, MA, and a former probation officer who served 35 years in the Massachusetts court system. As the opioid overdose epidemic began ravaging communities across Massachusetts, Mike started the Heroin Education Awareness Taskforce (HEAT), and innovative program designed to provide education, treatment and detox stabilization to those with opioid use disorder. HEAT has gone one to help thousands of people who struggle with opioid use disorder.