opioid epidemic
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
Our View: LePage’s State of the State address should offer shakeup
The governor needs to focus on addressing the opioid crisis, senior housing and school funding.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2017
Maine Voices: Security concerns necessitate video-only visits at county jails
Limiting personal contact is one way to keep drugs from being secreted to inmates already addicted.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2017
Medical ethics bill targets drug company payments to Maine doctors
The proposal would restrict gifts and other spending that promote prescribing of opioids in a state that is trying to curtail patient use of the painkillers.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2017
Our View: Augusta focused on the wrong drug problem
It's the number of opioid overdoses that demands to be treated as an emergency – not legal marijuana.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2017
Our View: Video visits won’t solve major challenges at Maine’s county jails
Increasing treatment funds is key to mitigating drug addiction and smuggling, and allowing contact visits builds the family ties that prevent re-offending.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2017
Massachusetts police seize 33 pounds of fentanyl, arrest New York man
The arrest came two days after a 10-month-old baby in Methuen was hospitalized after exposure to fentanyl.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2017
Maine’s drug crisis, school aid top agenda in new legislative term
Lawmakers reconvene this week in Augusta.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2016
Five Presque Isle overdoses in 4 hours included one that was fatal
Police Chief Matt Irwin, who used social media to warn residents, said the overdoses took place in four different locations.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2016
New Maine laws will affect painkiller prescriptions, state park entry fees and more
The limits imposed on opioid treatments, which take effect Sunday, are already generating opposition and may be the focus of attempted rollbacks.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2016
Presque Isle police report 5 heroin overdoses in 4 hours
A Facebook post by the police department warns heroin users to seek help 'at the earliest possible moment.'
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