All posts tagged "opioids"
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Halsey Frank: Maine’s new, not-so-good Samaritan law
Harm reductionists praise Maine’s new Good Samaritan law. I’m not sure it’s deserved. I will...
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Fentanyl now the leading cause of death for adults ages 18 to 45
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data now show fentanyl overdose...
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Preliminary data show record overdose deaths in Maine last year
A preliminary estimate of drug-related deaths indicates 636 people died in Maine as...
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Lockdowns coincided with record-breaking drug overdose fatalities, new CDC data show
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic will go down in American history...
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New report shows opioid deaths on the rise in Maine
Between 2019 and 2020, drug deaths in Maine rose by 33% according to...
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Drug overdose deaths skyrocketed to record levels amid pandemic lockdowns
With each day that passes, the number of lives lost in COVID-19-related deaths...
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In 2020, New Hampshire’s opioid issues got better while Maine’s got worse
So-called “deaths of despair,” those involving drug abuse, alcohol, or suicide, have been...
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The War on Drugs has caused more harm than good
In recent weeks, documented cases of police brutality amid the pandemic have sparked...
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Serious problems require serious solutions
Some things aren’t always what they seem. Such is the case in the...
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Fixing addiction from the ground up
Chief Robert MacKenzie runs a police department in Kennebunk, Maine, a town of...
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Is Medicaid contributing to the opioid crisis?
On Wednesday, the editorial board at the Wall Street Journal penned an enlightening...
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Medicaid expansion will not end Maine’s opioid epidemic
Dedicating more public funds to a government program is not a measure of...
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You cannot put a price on the value of life
As your Governor, I will do everything within my authority to prevent deadly...
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Mainers can overcome drug addiction with the right help and people involved
Mainers who have overcome drug addiction have powerful stories and when they share...
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House Acts to Combat the Heroin Epidemic
Over the past several months, I have seen firsthand the scale of the...
