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PublishedJanuary 1, 2023
The Narcan effect: A new lease on life
Even as Maine experiences record numbers of overdose deaths, the expanded availability and use of the lifesaving opioid antidote naloxone presents a competing narrative.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Opioid treatment clinic expands to Farmington
The agency's primary location is in Skowhegan.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Lewiston elected officials eye solutions to homelessness, substance use
Lewiston city councilors and Lewiston's legislative delegation discussed programs and potential funding sources to combat homelessness and substance use, including the shelter village proposal that has so far failed to get off the ground.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2022
Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
Though it hasn't admitted liability, the company released a statement saying the money will 'provide significant aid to communities across the country.'
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
Hundreds of patients searching for help as Kennebunk doctor faces opioid charges
Dr. Merideth Norris is unable to prescribe opioids while facing federal charges. She was treating hundreds of patients with substance use disorder and chronic pain who now don't know where to get their medications.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2022
York County plans first county-run recovery center in Maine
The proposed 58-bed facility could be a model for other communities as the state continues to grapple with the opioid epidemic.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Maine doctor targeted by federal opioid task force is well-known provider of substance use treatment
Dr. Merideth Norris, 52, of Kennebunk, has been an outspoken critic of changes to state law in 2016 that tightened the criteria doctors must meet to prescribe opioids.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
UMaine survey shows support for drug decriminalization, treatment programs
More than 84 percent of respondents to the 2021 survey supported establishing detox services in all Maine counties, and a nearly identical percentage supported reducing barriers to substance use treatment.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Lewiston to host 2nd annual Rally for Recovery
The event brings together local organizations and families to share stories of hope in the fight against opioid addiction.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2022
New Hampshire to get $40.5 million in opioids case settlement
The attorney general's office says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay the state over its role in the crisis, days before the case was scheduled for trial.
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