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Tag: substance use disorder

Posted inLetters

Letter: Maine should create a substance use disorder hotline for medical professionals

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor April 14, 2023April 14, 2023

“Maine is in a substance use crisis. Perpetuating the problem is lack of treatment availability and professionals in Maine trained specifically in substance use disorders (SUDs).”

Posted inBangor

More detox beds not the best use of Bangor’s $20 million public fund, says facility head

Avatar photo by Kathleen O'Brien December 19, 2022December 18, 2022
Andrew Turner is hoping Janet Mills will expunge his felony record.
Posted inBangor

A teenage felony keeps following him even as he turns his life around

Avatar photo by Kathleen O'Brien August 15, 2022August 15, 2022
Posted inNews

Rural Mainers with opioid use disorder face barriers to treatment as demand increases

Avatar photo by Patty Wight, Maine Public August 4, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inLetters

Letter: Penobscot County needs more treatment, not incarceration

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor July 30, 2022July 30, 2022
Posted inLetters

Letter: Helping people impacted by opioid crisis re-enter workforce

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor July 16, 2022July 16, 2022
Posted inNation

Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find

Avatar photo by The Associated Press July 13, 2022July 13, 2022
Posted inPiscataquis

Dover-Foxcroft residents are wary of proposed downtown opioid addiction treatment center

Avatar photo by Valerie Royzman May 2, 2022May 4, 2022
Posted inBangor

A group that runs Bangor-area sober homes just opened its 10th in less than 4 years

Avatar photo by Judy Harrison January 31, 2022January 30, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Opioid settlement funds must be used to tackle Maine’s addiction crisis

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor December 7, 2021December 8, 2021
Posted inAroostook

Caribou women’s recovery house will be the 1st in Aroostook County

Avatar photo by Hannah Catlin August 26, 2021August 26, 2021
Posted inHancock

Hancock inmates finally get addiction help after sheriff canceled contract over group’s support of Black Lives Matter

Avatar photo by Bill Trotter January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Why employers should hire people in recovery

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor December 13, 2020December 12, 2020
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Contributor

We must improve child protective services for incarcerated women

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor November 19, 2019November 18, 2019
Posted inBangor, BDN Events, Maine Focus, News, State

What Bangor wants to do next to tackle opioids

Avatar photo by Erin Rhoda July 19, 2018July 19, 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 inOpinion, Opinion Contributor

Overdoses are killing too many of Maine’s children. Here’s how we can all fight back.

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
Posted inBDN Maine, Business, Health, Nation, News, State

OxyContin maker will stop promoting opioids to doctors

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor February 13, 2018February 13, 2018
Posted inOpinion

I’ve seen how nonjudgmental adults can reach kids

Avatar photo by Opinion Contributor October 20, 2016
Posted inPortland

Portland shooting victim’s sister to killer: ‘Turn yourself in’

by Seth Koenig March 17, 2016

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