opioid epidemic
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2016
Study: Rural mothers’ opioid use drives surge in affected babies
The rates correspond with women's use of the drugs during pregnancy.
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PublishedDecember 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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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedNovember 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.
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