opioid epidemic
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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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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10 billion
The big question now is how their money will be used and whether it will make a difference in fighting an addiction crisis that has only intensified.
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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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PublishedOctober 23, 2022
Commentary: Opioid epidemic’s undue burden on rural Maine requires our full attention
Investment in evidence-based approaches can help guide our rural communities out of crisis.
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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 23, 2022
Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent
As billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments, families and advocates impacted by the opioid crisis are pushing for a meaningful say in how the money will be used.
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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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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
Pharmacies must pay 2 Ohio counties $650 million in opioids lawsuit
A federal judge in Cleveland says in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in the counties outside Cleveland.
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