opioid epidemic
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PublishedApril 19, 2018
Number of opioids prescribed in Maine in 2017 fell 13 percent, the sixth-steepest drop in U.S.
The drop since 2016 reflects the first full year of data under the law limiting opioid prescribing and exceeds the national average decline of 8.9 percent.
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PublishedApril 17, 2018
Letter to the editor: People need to work together to fight the opioid crisis
While much is being said, and many continue to provide lukewarm pep-talks about the current opioid epidemic, not enough is being done and this war is claiming lives by the hour. Action is needed yet action is being bogged down by party politics and apprehension while the situation is becoming more dire and the issue […]
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PublishedApril 16, 2018
Please don’t leave me alone with my thoughts
More than half of men prefer electric shock over time alone with their thoughts.
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PublishedApril 13, 2018
Bill that allows over-the-counter naloxone for people younger than 21 clears Maine Senate
A rule that would allow pharmacists to dispense the antidote only to those over the age of 21 is still pending before the Board of Pharmacy.
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PublishedApril 11, 2018
Maine House overwhelmingly approves lifting age requirement for opioid antidote
Rules that would allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription have been stalled for well over a year.
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PublishedApril 11, 2018
Biddeford Rep. Grohman: Send uniters, not partisan fighters, to Congress to change nation’s course
As a farm family member, businessman and volunteer, I've learned that great things can happen when people join together for a common purpose.
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PublishedApril 10, 2018
Maine Voices: Fentanyl now public enemy No. 1 in America’s war on drugs
Fentanyl caused 58 percent of Maine drug fatalities in 2017, while heroin caused 21 percent.
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PublishedApril 10, 2018
Waldoboro woman sues VA over death of father, 90, blaming change in meds
She says he died two weeks after a doctor took him off a low-dose opioid painkiller he had taken for 40 years.
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PublishedApril 8, 2018
Cynthia Dill: LePage’s ideas about naloxone, MaineCare are dumb and dumber
We are losing more than dollars because of the governor's obstructionism.
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PublishedApril 6, 2018
Our View: Gov. LePage to blame for Maine’s protracted fight over overdose antidote
His resistance to making naloxone more widely available has kept lawmakers from addressing the larger issues in the opioid crisis.
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