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Opiate Addiction & Treatment

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Experts discuss the challenges they face helping those with an opiate addiction.

Guests: Patricia A. Kimball, LADC,CCS, Executive Director, Wellspring, Inc, 98 Cumberland Street, Bangor

Dr. Mary Dowd, Medical Director for Milestone Foundation, Portland's only residential detox with 16 bed. She also works at Catholic Charities doing Suboxone treatment. She started out working in Cumberland County Jail which is how she got interested in treating addicts.

Michael Sauschuck, Portland Chief of Police

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