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PublishedOctober 18, 2018
Maine Voices: Church of Safe Injection treats drug users as Jesus would have done
He would have offered them sterile syringes, naloxone and nonjudgmental support.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2018
York County Sheriff’s Office partners with recovery group on opioid treatment for inmates
The federally funded pilot program, which will treat up to 10 people, is part of a broader effort to pair prisoners with medication assisted treatment, such as Suboxone.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2018
Maine’s candidates for governor weigh in on health care policy
How each would tackle Medicaid expansion, the opioid crisis and protecting Maine's most vulnerable exposes differences.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2018
Fentanyl test strips lead to more caution among illicit drug users
The small strips have become an increasingly popular 'harm reduction' technique for drug users.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2018
Lawsuit settlement will allow Maine prison inmate to get medication for opioid addiction
'Withholding needed treatment actually undermines our chances of keeping people off of opiates,' says Zachary Heiden, legal director for the ACLU of Maine.
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2018
Overdoses kept taking toll on Maine in first half of 2018, claiming almost 1 life a day
In the first six months of 2018, 180 people in Maine died of drug overdoses – down from the 185 for the same period in 2017 – with most killed by the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2018
Maine Med, University of Vermont get federal grant to study opioid prescribing laws
The $339,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will be used to assess the impact of strict prescribing limits enacted in Maine and Vermont.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2018
Franklin County passes up joining opioid lawsuit
An attorney for the class-action suit called the move a "great disservice" to residents of Franklin County and said they could lose out on $50,000 to $1 million.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2018
New Hampshire envisions network of regional hubs to fight opioid addiction
The state had 395 opioid-related deaths in 2017, and it has the third highest overdose rate in the country.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2018
Doctor who was disciplined had clashes with patients over Trump
Dr. Cathleen London, who has said she plans to run against Sen. Susan Collins in 2020, had conflicts with patients who were Trump supporters, according to a consent agreement that also spelled out flaws in her prescribing and record-keeping practices.
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