-
PublishedApril 1, 2019
Advocates make case for bill to legalize ‘safe injection’ sites in Maine
They say that giving drug users a medically supervised place to use drugs would reduce overdose deaths and public health concerns while helping guide users into treatment. But such facilities are illegal under federal law.
-
PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Judge orders Aroostook County Jail to provide opioid treatment to inmate
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen says the jail would be violating the Americans with Disabilities Act if it denied Brenda Smith access to Suboxone while she serves her 40-day term.
-
PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Purdue Pharma, state of Oklahoma reach settlement in landmark opioid lawsuit
As the first agreement in the current wave of litigation against drug companies, the deal could influence future legal action over the cost of the opioid epidemic.
-
PublishedMarch 21, 2019
Maine will get $2.3 million in federal funds to fight opioid crisis
The award, part of a $1.4 billion national funding effort by the Trump administration, will help the state expand medication-assisted treatment for people with opioid use disorder.
-
PublishedMarch 20, 2019
‘Horrific. Staggering. Gigantic’: Panel discusses opioid epidemic
The plague of opioid abuse, the panel says, "is everybody's problem."
-
PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Obama officials failed to focus as fentanyl burned its way across America
Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say.
-
PublishedMarch 1, 2019
Supplemental budget supports medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder
The Legislature's budget-writing committee approved a $7.5 million spending package that will end time limits on Medicaid eligibility for Methadone treatments established under former Gov. Paul LePage.
-
PublishedFebruary 11, 2019
‘The Soupman’ comes to Maine to help the homeless and fight the opioid crisis
Peter Kelleher lost his son to an overdose in Bangor in 2016 and now dedicates his life to providing critical supplies to homeless people.
-
PublishedFebruary 8, 2019
Maine had fewer overdose deaths in 2018 but opioid epidemic remains a ‘public health crisis’
Attorney General Aaron Frey released a report Friday estimating there were 376 drug overdose deaths in Maine last year.
-
PublishedFebruary 6, 2019
‘Time for our state to recover’: Mills signs order to combat opioid crisis
The governor orders the purchase of 35,000 doses of overdose-reversing naloxone; integration of medication-assisted treatment into the criminal justice system; and creation of a statewide network of 250 recovery coaches.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- Next Page →