Opioids
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PublishedOctober 30, 2019
Commentary: Opioids saved my life. Quitting them took 5 excruciating years.
You don't have to be addicted to feel withdrawal symptoms and cravings when you stop taking the drugs.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2019
Maine Voices: Our state should embrace overdose prevention sites as the evidence-based step they are
A federal judge recently ruled that they're not illegal, and data show that they save money, save lives and serve as a bridge into treatment.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2019
Maine Voices: Establish pain management medical center to help control opioid epidemic
Bringing together conventional and alternative medicine, the state-funded institute would address the needs of patients, providers and families.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2019
Justice Department slams DEA for allowing huge growth in painkillers as overdose deaths rose
Overdose deaths rose by an average of 8 percent from 1999 to 2013 and by a staggering 71 percent from 2013 to 2017.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
Purdue Pharma family profits from sale of resorts in regions plagued by opioid crisis
Some members of the billionaire Sackler family will reap about $60 million in financial gains from the sale of 17 ski resorts in the Northeast and Midwest.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2019
Purdue Pharma, facing thousands of lawsuits and bankruptcy, wants to give $34 million in bonuses
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong says that money is 'owed to the victims of the opioid epidemic.'
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
In Cherokee country, opioid crisis seen as existential threat
Data shows that Native Americans had higher rates of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers and illicit opioids than any other racial and ethnic group from 2003 through 2013.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
States split by party on accepting Purdue Pharma settlement
Republican state attorneys general chiefly support a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with the OxyContin maker, while their Democratic counterparts mostly oppose it.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2019
Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected
Attempts to reach a nationwide settlement over the opioid crisis with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have stalled.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2019
Commentary: King bill would ease looming physical therapist shortfall
Encouraging physical therapists to practice in underserved areas by offering them student loan relief would give more Mainers a healthier option to painkilling drugs.
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