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In the first three quarters of 2018, 282 people in Maine died from drug overdoses, a slight decrease from the number who fatally overdosed in the first…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills has signed an executive order aimed at helping the state deal with an opioid epidemic. Her order…
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The Greater Portland Council of Governments is launching a pilot project to help municipalities address the opioid crisis. At a workshop in Falmouth…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's Task Force to Address the Opioid Crisis is due to give its recommendations to the Maine Legislature this week. The panel wrapped…
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CARIBOU, Maine - A medical group is offering free trainings for those who prescribe opioid medication. A 2016 state law that addressed the opioid drug…
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It’s been a year since Maine enacted the toughest opioid prescription limits in the country, which came in response to an addiction epidemic where,…
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PORTLAND, Maine - Revised rules on the state's new opioid prescription law are due in the next few days - and Maine veterinarians are looking for some…
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In just a few weeks, new limits on opioid prescribing will take effect in Maine.Prescription pain medication continues to play a role in overdose deaths…
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SANFORD, Maine (AP) _ Maine police are warning of a new synthetic opioid that's far more powerful than drugs that are currently being used by addicts.…
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Following the Obama administration’s pledge to fight the nation’s opioid crisis, 61 US medical schools have announced that they will require their…