The trend mirrors a statewide decrease in overdose deaths, with improved access to Suboxone and naloxone.
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Maine drug overdose deaths continued decline in first quarter, falling 14%
The state had 74 fatal drug overdoses through March, down from 86 for the same period last year. Most of the deaths were caused by fentanyl, and cocaine-related overdoses are on the rise.
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Maine summit on opioid crisis to offer a range of sessions
The summit is scheduled for Monday in Augusta.
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Effort to increase Medicaid patients’ access to opioid treatment is threatened
A provision in federal law designed to control costs – called the upper payment limit – is creating an obstacle.
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Maine becomes latest state to sue pharmaceutical company over opioid crisis
Attorney General Aaron Frey files a lawsuit that accuses Purdue Pharma of deceptive business practices in marketing the drugs to the state’s health care providers.
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Health care has dominated legislative session
Democrats control the House and Senate and have a governor who’s on their side. Their priority has been health care, both in policy changes and spending priorities
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Mills to host opioid response summit in July
Participants will include Michael Botticelli, President Obama’s drug czar, and Sam Quinones, author of ‘Dreamland,’ an influential book on the opioid epidemic.
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Federal, state investigators charge 25 people in Down East drug trafficking case
Authorities say the defendants, from Maine and New York, distributed crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York City in Washington and Hancock counties.
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Drug overdose deaths declined in 2018 but remain at historic levels
Maine had 354 drug deaths last year, a 15 percent decrease from the record set in 2017.
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Doctors in 5 states charged with prescribing painkillers for cash, sex
Justice Department alleges that health professionals in Appalachia illegally dispensed 32 million pills.