Portland city officials cleared trash and a homeless encampment from Deering Oaks Park in Portland ahead of a planned event…
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Harm reductionists praise Maine’s new Good Samaritan law. I’m not sure it’s deserved. I will explain why because I don’t expect anyone…
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now show fentanyl overdose to be the top cause of death…
A preliminary estimate of drug-related deaths indicates 636 people died in Maine as a result of drug overdoses in 2021,…
Imagine if California passed a law telling Maine lobstermen how much to charge for their lobsters – in Maine. The…
The Maine Legislature recently passed LD 1117, a bill that would prohibit excessive rises in generic and off-patent prescription drugs…
As we all learned in our high school history classes, the United States outlawed alcohol in the early 1920s in…
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been the subject of numerous studies over the…
A powerful committee in the U.S. Senate is considering legislation that could have significant negative effects on Mainers seeking treatment…
Some things aren’t always what they seem. Such is the case in the state legislature with many well-meaning bill titles,…
Chief Robert MacKenzie runs a police department in Kennebunk, Maine, a town of just over 11,000 citizens. It is a…
A three part series on chronic abuse of other peoples’ money Part I: The Moral Hazards of OPM Principle Five: “Nobody…
One of the most serious problems that Maine and our Nation face today is the alarming and growing heroin epidemic. …
This is the first installment of a weekly series focused on discussing how drug-testing programs for TANF recipients benefit the…