A new analysis of overdose data shows when and where the three waves of drugs took hold.
opioid epidemic
Posted inMaine, News
Mills administration turns to housing programs to alleviate opioid crisis
The state is seeking bids for a new housing program for homeless people with opioid use disorder, and has asked the federal government to approve Medicaid spending on other housing-related initiatives.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
As jails run in the red, Maine lawmakers look to reduce inmate populations
A legislative committee is considering ways to reduce jail populations and increase the likelihood that inmates will find stability and support when they are released.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Study: Opioid crisis cost U.S. economy $631 billion over 4 years
The cost of this year’s crisis is likely to be between $171 billion and $214 billion.
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Damariscotta grandparents confront opioid crisis after loved one’s death
After Morgan Mayo died this year of a drug overdose, Florence and Ernest Bourgon began an active fight against the scourge of addiction.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine names new director of mental health and substance abuse services
Jessica Pollard, who has been teaching at the Yale University School of Medicine, returns to her native state to lead an office that plays a key role in responding to the opioid crisis.
Posted inNation / World
How fentanyl flowed through the U.S. Postal Service and across the southern border
Vulnerabilities that allowed vast quantities of the drug into the United States went unaddressed for years as tens of thousands of Americans died from overdoses.
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Fifteen percent of pharmacies handled nearly half of all opioid pills nationwide
By the time Clinton County coroner Steve Talbott arrived at the scene of an overdose in southern Kentucky, the bottles of prescription pain pills usually had vanished. Friends and relatives of the dead rarely had answers to Talbott’s questions: What kind of pills did they take and where did they come from? A toxicology report […]
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As use of opioid antidote increases, drug overdose deaths decline
Naloxone doses are now widely available in Maine pharmacies, although a new federal database shows significant variations in sales by county.