Greater Portland Health’s medication-assisted treatment program offers shelter guests access to Suboxone in an effort to treat addiction and reduce deadly overdoses.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Congressional funding to help central Maine mental health provider expand services
Kennebec Behavioral Health intends to use $750,000 in congressional funding, secured by U.S. Sen. Angus King, to support the services it offers at five community clinics in Augusta, Farmington, Skowhegan, Waterville and Winthrop.
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Substance use disorder crisis center to be created in Kennebec County
The proposed facility would be the first in Maine to serve as both an overnight center for people in withdrawal management programs and a walk-in clinic, according to Gov. Janet Mills.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford high school students hear personal stories of former addicts in recovery
Madison Friend and Jay Orser of Students Empowered to End Dependency have been sharing their experiences of drug and alcohol addiction at high schools throughout the state this past year.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
UMA and UMF team up to help with Maine workforce needs
UMA and UMF are collaborating on a grant program that will aim to remove financial barriers for students interested in pursuing certificates for substance use disorders counselor and employment specialist.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Downtown Lewiston business owner says city is ignoring worsening conditions, hurting her business
Billie-Jayne Cooke said she’s seeing more homeless people, drug users, trash and human feces on and near her property now than ever before.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
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.’
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
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.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
WMARI consortium taking SUD prevention to western Maine schools
The Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative plans to make SUD prevention education at western Maine schools an annual program.
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OHCHS partners with community to confront addiction
Western Maine addiction support and recovery groups are turning their attention to prevention of substance use disorder.