Maine’s health and human services commissioner earmarks $4.8 million for the Opioid Health Home model, which will provide comprehensive, medication-assisted treatment.
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Speakers at hearing support limiting drug company gifts to Maine doctors
A bill seeking an annual cap of $50 seeks to end any influences on the prescribing of opioids, painkillers that are often a precursor to heroin use.
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Maine attorney general: Report on overdose deaths highlights need for more treatment
Service centers like Portland and Bangor have been hit hardest by the epidemic, revised state data shows.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mark Shackelford was more than a drug addict and a statistic, says his mom
The Biddeford man loved the New York Giants, brought home stray animals and devoured his mother’s pumpkin squares.
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Another task force tries to come to grips with heroin crisis in Maine
At its first meeting, it reviews recommendations issued just 11 months ago by an earlier opioid commission.
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Commentary: Widespread opioid use today is whites’ crack addiction and epidemic
But unlike what was heard about those who used crack, the word heard for opioid users is ‘treatment.’
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: To fight addiction, fund mental health care for teenagers
At a time when help is desperately needed, Maine is making it harder for at-risk kids to get it.
Posted inNation & World
Major DEA opioid case falters on uncertain legal grounds
The agency targeted an oxycodone manufacturer for ignoring its responsibility to report suspicious orders as 500 million of its pills ended up in Florida, but a tentative settlement calls for a fine and no admission of wrongdoing.
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Maine Voices: A drug-treatment success story
The author is now drug-free and has custody of her two kids, but her story could have turned out differently.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Commitment of substance-abuse healers merits more than a salute
Many of these men and women are wounded themselves by emotional and chemical shrapnel.