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Opioid epidemic

Published
October 28, 2016

Greater Portland collaborative seeking millions in funding to combat opioid crisis

The collaborative will go to the White House next week in hopes of securing an investment for badly needed sober housing.
Published
October 25, 2016

Our View: Catching the signs could save people from overdosing

Early identification of addiction risk factors is an essential part of the opioid crisis response.
Published
October 3, 2016

Maine Voices: If tobacco and opioids aren’t bad enough, how about legal marijuana?

Question 1 is a tone-deaf proposal to legalize an addictive substance and create an industry for it.
Published
September 11, 2016

Commentary: The R-word

Why do we care more about avoiding the 'racist' label than actually ending racism?
Published
September 8, 2016

Angus King urges Senate colleagues to fund law designed to stem drug epidemic

Saying 78 people die each day from the 'scourge,' Maine's independent senator wants the $181 million authorized in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act included in a measure to fund the government through Dec. 9.

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Published
September 3, 2016

Our View: LePage saga offers preview of dysfunction

The governor's behavior and the Maine Legislature's deadlocked response bode ill for the next two years.
Published
September 1, 2016

Commentary: Judge Gov. LePage on his full record and the many ways he’s helped the state

Maine's finances and economy are much better off because of the policies he has tenaciously championed.
Published
August 30, 2016

New England politicians blast LePage’s latest racial comments

At a governors' conference in Boston, Gov. LePage again blamed Maine's opioid epidemic on black and Hispanic people from out of state.
Published
August 30, 2016

Our View: State spending cuts slow recovery in Maine’s drug crisis

Policies promoted by DHHS head Mary Mayhew and Gov. LePage reflect the misguided belief that Mainers struggling with addiction are a lost cause.
Published
August 14, 2016

Poliquin to host town hall-style meeting in Auburn on opioid epidemic

The gathering will be held Tuesday evening at Central Maine Community College.