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Category: Drug Abuse

Posted inDrug Abuse, Health, News, State

Maine directs much of emergency opioid money to treatment

Avatar photo by The Associated Press October 22, 2018

Maine has directed most of the first wave of federal emergency money to target the opioid crisis on treatment.

Posted inAroostook, Drug Abuse, Health, News

Aroostook drug prevention program disbanded

by Jen LyndsOctober 10, 2018
Posted inDrug Abuse, Maine Focus

17 ideas for you to prioritize to help address the opioid crisis

Avatar photo by Erin Rhoda July 16, 2018July 15, 2020
Posted inDrug Abuse, Health, Nation, News, Wires

Addiction drug’s side effect: More overdoses?

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor April 3, 2018August 6, 2018
Posted inDrug Abuse, Health, Politics

Bangor doctor offers to prescribe Narcan to any Mainer who asks

by Meg HaskellMarch 7, 2018March 7, 2018
Posted inDrug Abuse, Health, News, York

‘Stigma for me was huge’: Maine community works to put an end to addiction shaming

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor February 6, 2018
Posted inCourt News, Drug Abuse, News, York

Biddeford the latest Maine city to join lawsuit against opioid makers

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor January 11, 2018
Posted inBDN Maine, Drug Abuse, Health, News

Addiction treatment center overcharged state of Vermont by $860K, AG says

by AP November 9, 2017
Posted inBDN Maine, Drug Abuse, Health, Nation, Politics

NH senators concerned about federal funding for opioid crisis

by AP November 1, 2017
Posted inBDN Maine, Drug Abuse, News, Police Beat

‘Pellets’ mistaken for mints made NH cop, witness sick, but they weren’t drugs

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor October 27, 2017
Posted inDrug Abuse, News, Politics

NH parents of reality show star, overdose victim invited by Trump to opioid speech

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor October 26, 2017
Posted inDrug Abuse, Nation, News

NH police chiefs say efforts to curb drug use have been ‘unsuccessful’

by AP October 25, 2017October 26, 2017
Posted inDrug Abuse, Health, Nation, News

NH expects first drop in drug overdose numbers in 5 years

by AP October 24, 2017October 24, 2017
Posted inDrug Abuse, York

New sober living houses established in Maine as demand grows

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor October 18, 2017November 5, 2017
Posted inDrug Abuse, Health

Most heroin users first experience opioids from the medicine cabinets of families, friends

by Nok-Noi RickerAugust 22, 2017October 10, 2017
Posted inDrug Abuse, Nation, News

Thousands of overdose deaths linked to shocking increase of fentanyl in drug supply

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor August 16, 2017September 5, 2017
Posted inBangor, Drug Abuse, News

Funding for ‘critical’ Bangor program to end next year

Avatar photoby Judy HarrisonJuly 28, 2017July 28, 2017
Posted inBangor, Drug Abuse, Health, News, State

Only Walgreens selling Narcan in Bangor without a prescription

by Nok-Noi RickerJuly 21, 2017February 1, 2018
Posted inBusiness, Drug Abuse, Health

Endo to pull opioid painkiller off US market after FDA nudge

by Reuters July 7, 2017October 10, 2017
Posted inBangor, Drug Abuse, Health, News, State

The Penobscot County Jail is trying something new to fight the opioid crisis

by Nok-Noi RickerJune 27, 2017September 5, 2017

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