More than 84 percent of respondents to the 2021 survey supported establishing detox services in all Maine counties, and a nearly identical percentage supported reducing barriers to substance use treatment.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston to host 2nd annual Rally for Recovery
The event brings together local organizations and families to share stories of hope in the fight against opioid addiction.
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Posted inNew England
New Hampshire to get $40.5 million in opioids case settlement
The attorney general’s office says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay the state over its role in the crisis, days before the case was scheduled for trial.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Report highlights challenges to medication-assisted treatment access in rural Maine
The UVM-USM report surveyed more than 300 practitioners and community stakeholders to evaluate the unique needs and barriers to treatment for rural patients.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Survey on substance use disorder, harm reduction services launched
The Healthy Community Coalition of the Greater Franklin County Area is conducting a survey to gauge the community’s understanding of the substance use disorder crisis and harm reduction services. The survey will shape how HCC offers harm reduction services to the local community.
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Addiction Recovery Initiative needs your support to continue
COUNTY — A message from Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative (WMARI): Substance use and the opioid crisis continue to impact our community daily. In 2020 and 2021 fatal overdoses in Oxford county were at their highest of all time. Please consider donating to maintain and grow recovery support resources in Western Maine. As many of […]
Posted inMaine, News
Aunt of woman who died at York County Jail wants answers
State police are investigating Nicole Turner’s death as a suspected overdose, prompting Peggy Turner to ask how her niece got drugs in jail or whether she was going through withdrawal.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Fatal drug overdoses soar in Portland, mirroring statewide trend
There have been 28 in the city in the first six months of 2022, surpassing the 23 that occurred in all of last year.
Posted inMaine, News
More Maine health care professionals entering substance use, mental health programs
More doctors, nurses and health care providers are receiving help amid the pandemic. The uptick reflects the increase in substance use overall.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted in pain pill schemes
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew they were illegally prescribing powerful pain drugs in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.