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Published
July 15, 2021

Maine expanding opioid treatment during wave of overdose deaths

Gov. Janet Mills says at Maine's third Opioid Response Summit that isolation caused by the pandemic and resulting mental health challenges contributed to more substance use.
Published
June 28, 2021

Drug deaths in Portland hold steady
Published
April 21, 2021

Commentary: Liberalizing nation’s marijuana laws is not the answer to opioid misuse

Data show that Maine and the other 49 states risk a new addiction crisis by legalizing pot across the country.
Published
April 15, 2021

Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses

Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.
Published
March 25, 2021

Drug overdose deaths remain high in latest monthly report

The Maine Attorney General's Office report showed 45 confirmed or suspected deaths in February, down slightly from January but still above the monthly average in 2020, a record year.

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Published
March 2, 2021

Portland police warn of counterfeit pain pills that can cause fatal overdoses

The pills look like oxycodone tablets but may contain fentanyl, Portland police say.
Published
February 19, 2021

Our View: Lessons learned from fighting COVID can help combat Maine’s overdose epidemic

One lesson is understanding that government can't do it all. There has to be a communitywide commitment to understanding the disease.
Published
February 18, 2021

Maine overdose deaths set new record in 2020, and 2021 started even worse

Drug overdose deaths surged in January, with 58 confirmed or suspected fatal overdoses, the highest monthly figure in at least a year.
Published
February 17, 2021

Singer Demi Lovato reveals she has brain damage from 2018 overdose

Lovato reveals publicly for the first time details about the near-fatal incident in a four-part docuseries debuting March 23 on YouTube Originals.
Published
January 29, 2021

Maine recovery coalition makes decriminalizing drug possession a legislative priority

Rep. Anne Perry, a Democrat from Calais, is sponsoring a bill to make possession a civil offense, not a crime.