Addiction and recovery
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PublishedJune 13, 2023
Commentary: All Mainers benefit when tax dollars are reinvested in support for recovery
L.D. 1714 would establish sustainable funding for Maine’s 19 recovery community centers, using taxes collected on adult use cannabis sales.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Mills announces plan to add 140 treatment beds to combat ongoing opioid crisis
The $6 million investment is the latest effort to reverse an epidemic that claimed a record 716 lives just last year.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
Augusta program could be first in Maine to offer overdose victims medication on-scene to treat withdrawal symptoms
Plans to help Augusta residents recover from substance use disorder include a proposal to offer people revived from an overdose by rescue workers immediate, on-scene treatment with Suboxone and help accessing longer-term treatment.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2023
Owner of New England addiction clinics faces health care fraud charges
Recovery Connection Centers of America provided little or no services while billing Medicare and other insurers as if they had, authorities said.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
Commentary: Mandate for group homes could devastate Maine’s recovery community
Requiring recovery residences to spend money on installing sprinkler systems means that far fewer will open and some will close – all amid an overdose crisis and a housing shortage.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2023
Maine overdose deaths set record for 3rd straight year in 2022
A report released Thursday by the Attorney General's Office indicated 716 individuals died from overdoses last year, 85 more than in 2021.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2022
Patrick Metro, 37, always showed up for the people in his life
Metro was dedicated to his work as a recovery coach at Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland and in local sober houses.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2022
South Portland City Council considers flavored tobacco ban
The council held a workshop to discuss a drafted ordinance.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2022
Augusta receives $263,000 to provide access to treatment for substance use disorder
Project Recovery in Augusta is to be modeled after the Operation HOPE program in Waterville.