opioid abuse

Maine Behavioral Healthcare unveiled a new treatment center in South Portland Thursday for people with opioid and other substance-use disorders. It's the…

Maine will invest almost $6 million in federal money in community health centers and other institutions to try to fight the state's opioid abuse…

On Monday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills' administration will hold its first summit on addressing the opioid crisis. It will bring together health providers,…

More than 1,100 people are expected to be at the Augusta Civic Center Monday for Gov. Janet Mills' summit on the opioid crisis.Gordon Smith, drug policy…

Senator Susan Collins used a committee hearing Wednesday to highlight one aspect of the opioid epidemic that she thinks deserves more attention: addiction…

The city of Portland filed a lawsuit Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court against 26 opioid manufacturers and distributors. Attorney Adam Lee says…

The federal agency that oversees farming and other rural issues has chosen Maine to host one of five USDA opioid roundtables being held across the country…

The maker of OxyContin, one of the most common prescription painkillers involved in opioid overdose deaths, will no longer market the drug to doctors, an…

DOVER, N.H. - New Hampshire authorities are investigating a possible opioid overdose by a 6-year-old boy in Manchester. Police say they were called to an…

LOWELL, Mass. - Increasing numbers of discarded needles from drug users are turning up in cities and towns across the country, finding their way into…