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PublishedSeptember 17, 2023
River Valley residents air complaints at a town hall meeting on drugs, homelessness
Residents of the River Valley community gathered to voice their fears and to find answers to the problems of homelessness, mental illness and drug abuse within their community.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2023
Hundreds gather in Portland to support people in recovery
Portland Recovery Community Center held its 10th annual Rally 4 Recovery to give hope to people seeking to overcome addiction.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2023
Maine addiction recovery advocates notch legislative wins, eye future battles
Advocates secured additional funding for treatment beds and expanded access to naloxone last session. Another bill to create safe consumption sites failed, but the state will study the idea in the coming year.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Lewiston council denies permit for Church of Safe Injection barbecue
A statement from the Church of Safe Injection said it's 'evident' from listening to the councilors who voted to deny the permit that 'there is considerable confusion about our organization and what we do.'
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PublishedJune 20, 2023
Maine will receive at least $235 million in settlements from companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis
A Maine Monitor analysis looks at who stands to benefit from this money and why it matters.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Opioid crisis: 140 residential treatment beds to be added across the state
The governor's plan calls for 12 of those beds to be made available in Auburn.
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PublishedJune 9, 2023
Mills announces plan to add 140 treatment beds to combat ongoing opioid crisis
The $6 million investment is the latest effort to reverse an epidemic that claimed a record 716 lives just last year.
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PublishedJune 8, 2023
‘Keep them alive’: More states legalize fentanyl test strips to combat surging opioid deaths
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.
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PublishedApril 17, 2023
Overdose deaths of older Americans quadrupled in past 20 years
Older adults are often prescribed opioids to help them cope with chronic pain or recover from a surgical procedure.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2023
Two substance use disorder recovery residences coming to Lewiston area
Johnny Clark, the owner and operator of A Hand Up in Lewiston, is opening a multiunit apartment building in Lewiston and a 10-bed recovery home for women in Sabattus.
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