Connecticut Attorney General William Tong says that money is ‘owed to the victims of the opioid epidemic.’
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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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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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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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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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Commentary: Usual responses to drug epidemics won’t reverse fentanyl fatalities
Solutions should focus on creative supply disruption, supervised opioid use sites and new forms of treatment.
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Trump administration announces nearly $2 billion in opioid grants
The money is destined for states and local governments to help provide treatment and recovery services.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
High-dose opioid prescriptions fall sharply in Maine
Much of the decrease appears to have occurred since a law limiting such prescriptions began to take effect in 2017.
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Defendant in major opioid case says he was helping people
Aaron Shamo is charged with operating a criminal enterprise, selling drugs that caused a fatal overdose and other counts.
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The Maine Millennial: Accounting for pain got lost amid addiction to profit
Drug companies and liquor bottlers can’t be expected to regulate themselves.