opioid epidemic
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PublishedJune 30, 2024
In rural Maine, efforts to provide drug treatment often met with resistance, despite high demand
Only about 2,400 people live in the Lincoln County town of Whitefield, where a 54-bed recovery residence recently opened in spite of heavy opposition.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
The Supreme Court rejected an opioid settlement that could have brought Maine $20 million. What now?
While the parties will now have to renegotiate a new settlement, Maine is expecting to receive about $235 million over the next 18 years from other opioid settlements.
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Supreme Court rejects nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
The settlement would have shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
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PublishedJune 25, 2024
Mobile medical team aims to reduce overdose deaths in Greater Portland
The van is operated by Greater Portland Health, which serves vulnerable communities in Portland, South Portland and Westbrook.
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PublishedJune 21, 2024
Augusta to use opiate settlement funds to pay for mental health worker on police calls
The worker would be hired by the city in the hopes of connecting people with substance use disorder with help.
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PublishedJune 17, 2024
Fewer Maine babies are being born with substance exposure. No one’s sure why
Hospital data show the lowest figures in a decade, but officials say changes in reporting could be skewing the results.
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PublishedMay 15, 2024
Maine records one of nation’s biggest declines in overdose deaths
Maine, which reported a 16% drop, is one of four states that saw at least a 15% decline in fatal drug overdoses in 2023.
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PublishedApril 29, 2024
Judge denies Kennebunk doctor’s request to throw out evidence from FBI search
Dr. Merideth Norris is fighting federal charges that she prescribed dangerously high amounts of opioids to her patients.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Madison residents, officials object to planned clinic offering methadone
Acadia Healthcare is under contract to buy 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store, where it plans to open a behavioral health clinic offering medication-assisted treatment and other services.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Portland officials say increased shelter use led to decline in fatal overdoses
The city's new interim health and human services director noted the correlation between overdose deaths and naloxone administrations when talking about findings of the city's annual report on homeless services, which was released Friday.
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