The loss of coverage in the state would come amid an opioid crisis in which an average of one person a day dies from an overdose.
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Three charged in Bangor with crack, heroin sales
Each of the three – two from Bangor and one from Connecticut – was charged with aggravated trafficking.
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Posted inCops & Courts, News
Connecticut man gets three years for selling crack in Maine
A federal judge orders D’Hati Coleman, a fugitive from New Haven, to 32 months in prison.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Five Presque Isle overdoses in 4 hours included one that was fatal
Police Chief Matt Irwin, who used social media to warn residents, said the overdoses took place in four different locations.
Posted inCops & Courts, Health, Local & State, News
Presque Isle police report 5 heroin overdoses in 4 hours
A Facebook post by the police department warns heroin users to seek help ‘at the earliest possible moment.’
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Leading Republican wants special panel of legislators to tackle Maine’s opioid crisis
Rep. Ellie Espling of New Gloucester calls for a unified solution ‘to a problem that is killing more Mainers every day.’
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Even amid crisis, opioid makers plied doctors with perks
The practice raises ethical questions, and even fellow doctors frown upon Maine’s top 2015 beneficiary, a Manchester physician who not only prescribes painkillers but also treats addiction.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Efforts to influence doctors used to happen more
Health organizations have started clamping down on the drug company practice, though it remains an issue.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Study: Rural mothers’ opioid use drives surge in affected babies
The rates correspond with women’s use of the drugs during pregnancy.
Posted inNation & World
One-third of long-term users say they got hooked on prescription opioids
A survey raises sharp questions about the responsibility of doctors for the epidemic of addiction.