The proposal would restrict gifts and other spending that promote prescribing of opioids in a state that is trying to curtail patient use of the painkillers.
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Our View: Augusta focused on the wrong drug problem
It’s the number of opioid overdoses that demands to be treated as an emergency – not legal marijuana.
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Our View: Video visits won’t solve major challenges at Maine’s county jails
Increasing treatment funds is key to mitigating drug addiction and smuggling, and allowing contact visits builds the family ties that prevent re-offending.
Posted inNation & World, News
Massachusetts police seize 33 pounds of fentanyl, arrest New York man
The arrest came two days after a 10-month-old baby in Methuen was hospitalized after exposure to fentanyl.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine’s drug crisis, school aid top agenda in new legislative term
Lawmakers reconvene this week in Augusta.
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 inLocal & State, News, Politics
New Maine laws will affect painkiller prescriptions, state park entry fees and more
The limits imposed on opioid treatments, which take effect Sunday, are already generating opposition and may be the focus of attempted rollbacks.
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 inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Doctors reinforce drugmakers’ false claims on painkillers
Amid an escalating crisis, paid-off physicians continue to help oversell the benefits and downplay the risks of opioids.
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.’