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opioid epidemic

Published
July 15, 2016

Senate approves Susan Collins’ provisions in opioid addiction act

The provisions encourage research into pain management and require a plan to treat drug-dependent infants.
Published
July 13, 2016

In rare show of unity, governors vow to fight opioid crisis

A compact, which does not show Gov. Paul LePage as a signatory, advocates stopping the inappropriate prescribing of painkillers, raising awareness about the problem and encouraging treatment and recovery.
Published
May 24, 2016

Sen. Angus King proposes fee on prescription opioids to fund treatment programs

Maine's independent senator is co-sponsoring a bill that would pay for programs to fight the opioid epidemic by adding a 1-cent fee on each milligram of active opioid ingredients in prescription painkillers.
Published
May 9, 2016

More organ donation emerges as unexpected side effect of opioid epidemic

Organs from drug users can be considered high risk, but for those desperate for an organ, high risk is relative.
Published
May 3, 2016

New York man gets more than 8 years for smuggling opioids to Maine

Damien Corbett, 40, had been delivering pills for more than a year to a North Berwick couple to distribute.

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Published
April 25, 2016

Maine Voices: LePage’s ignorance of addiction science worsens health crisis

Increased access to naloxone does not result in increased levels of heroin use – it may reduce usage.
Published
April 20, 2016

LePage vetoes bill aimed at increasing access to overdose antidote

'Naloxone does not truly save lives; it merely extends them until the next overdose,' LePage writes in vetoing a bill to allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription.
Published
April 3, 2016

Another View: Anti-addiction measure leaves pain patients hurting

People who are disabled by chronic pain should not be forgotten in the effort to fight drug abuse.
Published
April 3, 2016

Maine Voices: Federal Medicaid expansion funds would help ease drug crisis

Other states are using this health care money to treat addiction and reduce related crime – saving dollars and lives.
Published
April 1, 2016

Maine Voices: Lawmakers should defeat making drug possession a felony offense

Maine must move away from the failed policies of the drug war that merely filled up our prisons.