opioid epidemic
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2018
Maine Voices: LePage irresponsible to keep lifesaving drug naloxone from opioid users
The governor's outdated and disproven opinions deprive people of the chance to survive an overdose, enter recovery and make something of their lives.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2018
Why a life-saving drug still isn’t at hand: Bureaucracy
Twice Maine lawmakers have OK'd the purchase of Narcan, a heroin overdose antidote, without a prescription, but Gov. Paul LePage and the state's pharmacy regulators won't publish the rules that sanction its sale.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2018
Press Herald’s ‘Lost’ series recognized at U.S. Senate hearing
An award-winning author praises the newspaper's reporting during an exchange with Sen. Susan Collins at a hearing on the nation's opioid crisis.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2018
Our View: Gov. LePage should know by now that naloxone saves lives
Six years into the opioid epidemic, he's still keeping the overdose antidote from those who desperately need it.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2018
LePage stalls rules that would allow more access to drug that reverses overdoses
Despite the state's opioid crisis, regulations to guide over-the-counter sales of the lifesaving drug languish in the Governor's Office 5 months after approval.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2017
Opioid-related overdoses surge in Vermont
Deaths jumped nearly 160 percent between 2010 and 2016, a new report shows.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2017
Marine resources commissioner opposes task force to study addiction in fishing industry
Patrick Keliher of the Department of Marine Resources says the problem affects many industries, and fishing shouldn't be singled out.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2017
West Bath man gets 14 years in prison for ex-girlfriend’s fatal dose of heroin and fentanyl
Mickey Gilley, 35, is sentenced in U.S. District Court for distributing the drugs to the woman last year.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2017
Maine bill to confront addiction among fishermen moves ahead
A bill to create a task force to address the problem will go to the full Legislature next year.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
Maine gets federal grant to target opioid trafficking
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency must use the money to target the illegal opioid trade.
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