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PublishedApril 5, 2018
Pharmacy board urged to make overdose antidote available to Mainers younger than 21
Treatment advocates reject an age requirement backed by the LePage administration on the same day the U.S. surgeon general calls for increasing Americans' access to naloxone.
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PublishedApril 5, 2018
Legislature votes to spend $6.6 million more a year to help uninsured in opioid struggle
The as-yet-unappropriated funds are intended to ease access to medication-assisted treatment for up to 500 Mainers, but now it's up to Gov. LePage.
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PublishedApril 5, 2018
In lawsuit, Portland accuses opioid manufacturers of greed
The suit alleges that 20 drug manufacturers and five doctors who prescribed opioid painkillers knew that the drugs are addictive and subject to misuse.
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PublishedApril 4, 2018
Press Herald’s ‘Lost’ series on heroin crisis a finalist for national excellence award
The 10-part report is among 10 print finalists for health care institute recognition, along with The Washington Post, The New York Times, ProPublica and others.
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PublishedApril 3, 2018
Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy revives man with naloxone
A Whitefield woman called for help Monday after her friend overdosed on opiates, the sheriff's office says.
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PublishedApril 2, 2018
Lawmakers back bill to negate governor’s age restriction on access to overdose antidote
More than a dozen people testify in favor of the bill to allow people of any age to buy naloxone without a prescription.
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PublishedApril 2, 2018
Studies link legal marijuana with fewer opioid prescriptions
Researchers find that Medicare patients in states with marijuana dispensaries fill prescriptions less often than in other states.
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PublishedApril 1, 2018
Maine Voices: Opioids aren’t our only drug problem
Mainers also are dying from overdosing on meth, cocaine, benzodiazepines and alcohol – usually in combinations.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2018
Bill would undo LePage’s minimum age for buying overdose antidote without a prescription
The measure from House Speaker Sara Gideon would allow all Mainers, not just those 21 or older, to obtain naloxone as the state deals with an opioid crisis.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2018
Trump calls for death penalty to get tough on opioid traffickers
Along with harsh penalties to halt the flow of drugs, he also unveils initiatives to battle overdoses, which kill Mainers at the rate of more than one a day.
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