Disability benefits often fail to address the real issues: poverty, pain and mental illness.
opioid epidemic
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs a reform governor – and the pickings are slim
We have work to do, and we need a leader for our future. Now we just need some reform candidates.
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Posted inMaine, News
Task force on Maine opioid crisis seeks more information
Members express frustration about a lack of solid data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Posted inMaine
Maine attorney general joins letter urging Trump not to cut drug treatment funds
A group of 19 Democratic attorneys general is the latest in a series of letters speaking out about various policies.
Posted inMaine
Maine to receive $2 million in federal money to fight opioid addiction
The federal government is dispensing $485 million among all 50 states.
Posted inNation & World, News
Quest for less addictive painkillers is slow and costly
Researchers have had minimal success creating alternatives to opioids, but some new approaches offer hope.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: DHHS fighting Maine’s drug crisis with innovation, collaboration
It is important to put a face to the heroin epidemic and to tell the stories of Mainers facing heartache, Commissioner Mary Mayhew says.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Medical Association has played active role in deterring opioid abuse
One law it helped get enacted – setting limits on painkiller prescriptions – seeks to balance addiction prevention and patient needs.
Posted inMaine, News
Addiction recovery advocates praise opioid treatment plan announced by Mayhew
Maine’s health and human services commissioner earmarks $4.8 million for the Opioid Health Home model, which will provide comprehensive, medication-assisted treatment.
Posted inBusiness, Health, News, Politics
Speakers at hearing support limiting drug company gifts to Maine doctors
A bill seeking an annual cap of $50 seeks to end any influences on the prescribing of opioids, painkillers that are often a precursor to heroin use.