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Opioid epidemic

Published
September 27, 2022

UMaine survey shows support for drug decriminalization, treatment programs

More than 84 percent of respondents to the 2021 survey supported establishing detox services in all Maine counties, and a nearly identical percentage supported reducing barriers to substance use treatment.
Published
September 23, 2022

Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent

As billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments, families and advocates impacted by the opioid crisis are pushing for a meaningful say in how the money will be used.
Published
September 1, 2022

New Hampshire to get $40.5 million in opioids case settlement

The attorney general's office says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay the state over its role in the crisis, days before the case was scheduled for trial.
Published
August 17, 2022

Pharmacies must pay 2 Ohio counties $650 million in opioids lawsuit

A federal judge in Cleveland says in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in the counties outside Cleveland.
Published
August 5, 2022

Report highlights challenges to medication-assisted treatment access in rural Maine

The UVM-USM report surveyed more than 300 practitioners and community stakeholders to evaluate the unique needs and barriers to treatment for rural patients.

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Published
July 29, 2022

Maine Voices: Death at jail shows we’re paying high price for opioid epidemic

Those who oversee the health and wellbeing of adults behind bars are clearly ill equipped for that responsibility.
Published
July 5, 2022

Aunt of woman who died at York County Jail wants answers

State police are investigating Nicole Turner's death as a suspected overdose, prompting Peggy Turner to ask how her niece got drugs in jail or whether she was going through withdrawal.
Published
July 5, 2022

Fatal drug overdoses soar in Portland, mirroring statewide trend

There have been 28 in the city in the first six months of 2022, surpassing the 23 that occurred in all of last year.
Published
July 5, 2022

More Maine health care professionals entering substance use, mental health programs

More doctors, nurses and health care providers are receiving help amid the pandemic. The uptick reflects the increase in substance use overall.
Published
June 27, 2022

Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew they were illegally prescribing powerful pain drugs in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.