opioid epidemic
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PublishedDecember 7, 2018
Maine increases payments to providers treating opioid use disorder
Treatment experts applaud the move, but say it took the LePage administration too long to make significant investments in expanding treatment, given the severity of the opioid epidemic.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2018
Our View: Overdoses rise, yet ray of hope emerges
As preliminary data point to a plateau in drug deaths, Maine is finally in a position to implement measures that have helped other states.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2018
Bloomberg Philanthropies will give $50 million to fight opioid epidemic
The money will target efforts in 10 states, starting with Pennsylvania.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2018
Suicide, overdose rates driving U.S life expectancy down
Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, according to the CDC.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2018
Maine Voices: Bad policy denies vital resource to those struggling with drugs
A crackdown on a Lewiston syringe exchange effort also needlessly pits public health against law enforcement.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Lewiston police tell mobile needle exchange program to halt distribution
The program, which its founder calls the Church of Safe Injection, is violating a state law that prohibits people from distributing hypodermic needles, police say.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2018
Activists hang banners calling for safe injection site in Maine’s largest city
Portland OPS is calling on city officials to open a facility where people can inject drugs under medical supervision, which they say reduces overdose deaths.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2018
Letter to the editor: Fixing Maine’s youth justice system long overdue, but there’s new hope
The new governor and other elected leaders should develop and fund community-based alternatives to incarceration for the state's young people.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2018
Our View: A ‘church’ that wants to save lives, not souls
There is no real medical dispute over harm reduction, only a political one.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2018
House District 49: Candidates see luring workers, fighting drugs as crucial
Michael Stevens is challenging incumbent Matthea Daughtry for a third time.
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