Opioid epidemic
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PublishedJune 2, 2022
South Portland getting assist with substance abuse prevention efforts
City departments and organizations have been working with The Opportunity Alliance, which is co-sponsoring a community cleanup event June 4.
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PublishedMay 11, 2022
Kari Morissette, director of Church of Safe Injection, dead at 33
In announcing Morissette's passing, peers described her as "a fierce advocate and friend to people who use drugs, fighting for their health, rights and dignity."
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PublishedApril 23, 2022
The opioid epidemic is putting immense pressure on Maine’s child welfare and education systems
In half of all cases in Maine in which a child is removed from the home, an Office of Child and Family Services investigation identified the parent or caregiver's substance use a risk factor.
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PublishedApril 19, 2022
Mills vows veto if changes to Good Samaritan bill aren’t narrowed
The governor wants the bill, which already has passed the House and the Senate, to be rewritten so that only those helping a person who is overdosing receive immunity.
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PublishedApril 10, 2022
At the root of an epidemic in Maine: a prescription pad
Twenty years after Purdue Pharma introduced its pain medication, OxyContin, Maine lawmakers passed a bill that significantly stemmed the flow of pain pills into the state. A Sun Journal investigation found the new restrictions may have been too little, too late: A generation of Mainers were already grappling with substance use disorder and a growing illicit drug trade was ready to meet the demand.
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PublishedApril 9, 2022
Florida groups canvass spring breakers to warn of fentanyl
The synthetic drug can be 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin or prescription opioids.
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PublishedApril 3, 2022
States look for solutions as U.S. fentanyl deaths keep rising
With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2022
Congress urges DOJ, Treasury to examine drug companies’ plans to turn opioid settlements into tax breaks
Congress is calling on federal officials to review four large drug companies' plans to deduct the cost of a landmark opioid settlement from their taxes.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2022
‘Scum of the earth’: Opioid victims face owners of Purdue Pharma
Addiction and overdose survivors and those who have lost loved ones have unleashed their emotions on members of the family they blame for fueling the opioid epidemic.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Mainers gather for Black Balloon Day, marking 636 overdose deaths in 2021
Members of the Maine recovery community advocate for an amendment to the state Good Samaritan Law that would protect anyone at the scene of an overdose from punishment for nonviolent crimes.
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