opiod addiction

Maine reported one of the largest decreases in overdose deaths of any state in the nation.

As the number of Mainers grappling with opioid use disorder has increased during the pandemic, access to treatment has not, especially in rural areas.

As part of a new state initiative, outreach workers have partnered with local health agencies and law enforcement to meet an urgent need: saving the lives of people who use dangerous drugs.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills Wednesday convened the first meeting of her administration’s new Prevention and Recovery Cabinet, calling for a broad, coordinated…

A federal judge in Maine has ordered the Aroostook County Jail to provide a Madawaska woman her prescribed medication for substance use disorder while she…

Later this month, a Caribou man who has been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder will report to the Maine State Prison to serve a nine-month…

A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds opioid abuse a top issue for rural Americans.

Until recently, the most that Mid Coast Hospital could do for patients showing up in the ER with opioid use disorder was to hand them a phone number to…

The Maine Legislature moved closer Thursday to approving $6.6 million bill to fight a deadly opioid crisis that claimed the lives over 400 Mainers last…

The LePage administration last year announced a plan to devote almost $5 million in state and federal money to medication-assisted treatment for opioid…