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opioid epidemic

Published
December 20, 2016

DHHS to spend $2.4 million more on medication-assisted treatment for addiction

The money will fund 359 new slots for uninsured patients in five locations, in what appears to be a shift in policy for the LePage administration.
Published
December 19, 2016

Maine DHHS to create 359 new slots for medication-assisted addiction therapy

DHHS says the program will be funded by state and federal money, with the federal funds being used to treat uninsured patients.
Published
December 19, 2016

Our View: Maine’s opioid crisis too big for small programs to handle alone

The Scarborough Police Department can't fill a leadership role better suited to the state.
Published
December 12, 2016

Study: Rural mothers’ opioid use drives surge in affected babies

The rates correspond with women's use of the drugs during pregnancy.
Published
December 11, 2016

Commentary: The voices of addiction

For Mainers dependent on opioids, access to medication is the key to treatment. For those without it: 'It feels like being dead.'

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Published
December 10, 2016

Scarborough’s addiction-fighting Operation Hope is in danger of closing

The Police Department's campaign to get opioid addicts into treatment programs missed out on a federal grant.
Published
December 9, 2016

Our View: Delay in expanding Narcan access is putting Mainers’ lives at risk

As overdose deaths mount, state regulators are dragging their feet on writing over-the-counter sales rules.
Published
December 8, 2016

Nation’s overdose death toll soars to more than 50,000

The disastrous tally is pushed to new heights by increasing abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers.
Published
December 3, 2016

Obama: The time for Congress to act on the opioid epidemic is now

The House has voted, and now it's the Senate's turn to pass the 21st Century Cures Act.
Published
November 14, 2016

Drug overdose deaths in Maine now averaging 1 a day

Deaths this year – mostly from heroin, prescription opioids and fentanyl – totaled a record 286 through September, amid calls for more action to alleviate the crisis.