Overdose
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Despite efforts to stem epidemic, Maine overdose deaths appear to be on rise again after 1-year dip
The Medical Examiner's Office says 277 Mainers died from drug overdoses in the first 9 months of 2019, putting the state on track to surpass the total for 2018.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Our View: Deaths of working-age people are a public health crisis
Suicide, overdose, alcoholism and obesity are among the preventable causes of death that are lowering life expectancy in Maine.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2019
New Hampshire to cancel contract with youth center after residents hospitalized
Granite Pathways in Manchester denies that the 5 young people overdosed, after a 911 call reported they may have taken the sedative Xanax.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2019
New Hampshire youth center halts admissions after possible overdoses
Four girls and a boy from a Manchester substance abuse treatment center were taken to a hospital Monday night after a 911 caller told authorities the children may have taken the sedative Xanax.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2019
Rockland man gets 9 months for selling drugs linked to fatal overdose
Cody A. Gnosini-Rubenstein sold drugs to John Leiter the day before he was found dead in July 2017.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2019
Winthrop man charged with supplying drugs that killed Farmington woman
Medical reports concluded the woman died of acute intoxication from the combined effects of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and prescription medication.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2019
Opioid distributors propose $10 billion to end state claims
The National Association of Attorneys General – handling talks on behalf of more than 35 states – counter with a demand for $45 billion to cover costs from the public-health crisis of opioid addiction and overdoses, sources say.
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PublishedAugust 6, 2019
Boom in overdose-reversing drug is linked to fewer deaths
The United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in its history.
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