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PublishedJuly 9, 2019
Effort to increase Medicaid patients’ access to opioid treatment is threatened
A provision in federal law designed to control costs – called the upper payment limit – is creating an obstacle.
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PublishedJune 3, 2019
Maine becomes latest state to sue pharmaceutical company over opioid crisis
Attorney General Aaron Frey files a lawsuit that accuses Purdue Pharma of deceptive business practices in marketing the drugs to the state's health care providers.
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PublishedMay 26, 2019
Health care has dominated legislative session
Democrats control the House and Senate and have a governor who's on their side. Their priority has been health care, both in policy changes and spending priorities
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
Mills to host opioid response summit in July
Participants will include Michael Botticelli, President Obama's drug czar, and Sam Quinones, author of ‘Dreamland,’ an influential book on the opioid epidemic.
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
Federal, state investigators charge 25 people in Down East drug trafficking case
Authorities say the defendants, from Maine and New York, distributed crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York City in Washington and Hancock counties.
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PublishedApril 18, 2019
Drug overdose deaths declined in 2018 but remain at historic levels
Maine had 354 drug deaths last year, a 15 percent decrease from the record set in 2017.
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PublishedApril 17, 2019
Doctors in 5 states charged with prescribing painkillers for cash, sex
Justice Department alleges that health professionals in Appalachia illegally dispensed 32 million pills.
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PublishedApril 14, 2019
Maine pursues plan to stock schools with anti-overdose medication
All of the state's public high schools and middle schools would have naloxone available in an effort being developed by the Mills administration.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
In effort to prevent overdose deaths, state plans to put ‘NaloxBoxes’ in public buildings
Maine's director of opioid response described the plan at the first meeting of Gov. Janet Mills' Prevention and Recovery Cabinet.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Auburn police warn Church of Safe Injection against needle distribution
The Auburn Police Department warned Jesse Harvey, the founder of the Church of Safe Injection, that if he exchanged syringes with anyone Tuesday, he would be charged with a misdemeanor.
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