The projects, selected from more than 120 applications, include a methadone clinic in Aroostook County, a syringe service program in Hancock County, and recovery homes in Franklin County.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Maine Family Planning tours Lewiston with mobile medical unit
Maine Family Planning, via its new Health on Wheels van, has been touring the Lewiston-to-Bangor stretch, stopping in towns and cities in between, to provide on-the-spot reproductive health services like wound care, screenings, birth control and HIV prevention.
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Church of Safe Injection opens new peer-led recovery center
The Sanctuary will help bring resources to people in active drug use and those who are in recovery.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Hundreds ‘rally for recovery’ in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park
Medical providers, advocates and those in sustained recovery congregated at Lewiston’s Kennedy Park for food, entertainment and to hear speakers share their stories and the latest in medicine combating substance use disorder.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Franklin County Recovery Center offers free haircuts in Farmington
Franklin County Recovery Center held its second monthly free haircut event.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
The HILLS launches family and friends support meetings
The SMART Recovery Family & Friends Group. It meets every Monday at The HILLS at 15 Tannery Street in Norway, starting at 6 p.m.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Maine’s sixth annual Opioid Response Summit draws hundreds to Auburn
Gov. Janet Mills thinks the enhanced prescription monitoring program is one of the factors that brought down the number of drug overdose deaths last year.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Lawyers for Kennebunk doctor question government’s lead witness
Dr. Merideth Norris is accused of writing life-threatening prescriptions for 5 patients. The case against her relies heavily on opinions from Dr. Timothy E. King, an expert for the prosecution.
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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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston Youth Advisory Council hosts panel discussion on substance use
Four panelists and guest speaker Sean Leclair, six years sober, spoke on the effects of substance use on the body and mind and on family and friends.