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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
Special Report, Day FourCraving fuels crime
Authorities link drug abuse to a jump in drugstore holdups and home invasions.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
Federal official to hear about bath salts
An administrator from Washington, D.C., will be in Portland Thursday to hear about the problem in Maine.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
Special Report Day ThreeThe littlest victims
Pregnant mothers addicted to pills pass along the pain and suffering of withdrawal to the children they carry.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
Pain pill addiction torments even the most innocent
BANGOR — Mariah arrived this summer, on schedule and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
Doctors share learning on how to treat drug-affected babies
There’s no standard of care yet, so physicians have to figure out what works, and what doesn’t.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2011
Cellphone users not being told of risks, critics say
A public health seminar for USM nursing students calls for stronger warnings about cancer risks.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2011
Shock, grief and lessons of overdose
SOUTH BERWICK – Matty Rix grew up in a community that had much to offer a happy, adventurous boy. He took advantage of the open spaces and the forests and streams, whether riding his four-wheeler with friends or fishing and hunting with his father. But small-town, rural southern Maine also had something else to offer […]
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PublishedOctober 17, 2011
Addiction: It doesn’t discriminate
There is no such thing as a typical drug abuser. But some are more likely to become hooked.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2011
Are doctors overzealous or too safe?
The dangers associated with prescription painkillers have complicated the approach to treatment and put physicians in a difficult spot.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2011
Faces on the front lines
Recovering addicts from all over Maine share their difficult stories, candidly confronting the low points in their lives and revealing a thing they all have in common: They’re still fighters.
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