opioid
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
Commentary: India Street’s history of innovation, service preceded disruption in HIV care
The clinic offered HIV prevention drugs, access to Narcan and supervised treatment by residents well before 2016.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2020
Portland police report ‘disturbing’ rise in overdoses during pandemic
Since May 1, a total of 86 drug overdoses have been reported in the city, 7 of them fatal.
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PublishedJune 3, 2020
Amistad support center offers free naloxone in Bath
The resource table will be outside the Bath Area Food Bank every Thursday this month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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PublishedMay 14, 2020
Beckett Cypher, 21-year-old son of Melissa Etheridge, dies
Etheridge released a statement saying opioid addiction was behind Cypher's death.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2020
Maine gets $6.3 million for substance abuse job training
A two-year federal grant will help train treatment workers and prepare addiction sufferers for the job market.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2020
City officials to attend opioid misuse, addiction workshop
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Despite efforts to stem epidemic, Maine overdose deaths appear to be on rise again after 1-year dip
The Medical Examiner's Office says 277 Mainers died from drug overdoses in the first 9 months of 2019, putting the state on track to surpass the total for 2018.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2020
Commentary: Opioid deaths follow plant closures
Researchers have documented how closely major economic disruption is linked with substance use.