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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Augusta considers exchange program that would pay to get used hypodermic needles off city streets
The city could partner with a needle exchange program to offer people 5 cents for each used needle they turn in.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2024
Madison officials eye buying building originally planned for treatment center
The Board of Selectmen may soon ask voters to authorize the purchase of 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store in the center of Madison.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2024
Hundreds ‘rally for recovery’ in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park
Medical providers, advocates and those in sustained recovery congregated at Lewiston's Kennedy Park for food, entertainment and to hear speakers share their stories and the latest in medicine combating substance use disorder.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2024
Maine’s sixth annual Opioid Response Summit draws hundreds to Auburn
Gov. Janet Mills thinks the enhanced prescription monitoring program is one of the factors that brought down the number of drug overdose deaths last year.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2024
Madison Planning Board allows ordinance restricting outpatient addiction clinics
The ordinance, if approved by the Board of Selectmen and residents, would restrict locations of outpatient treatment centers and clinics to a stretch of U.S. Route 201 and the east side of the Madison Business Gateway business park.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2024
Drug overdose deaths in Maine continue to decline after plummeting in 2023
The state is on track for a 9.8% decline in 2024 from the previous year, after seeing a 16% decrease in 2023.
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PublishedJune 30, 2024
In rural Maine, efforts to provide drug treatment often met with resistance, despite high demand
Only about 2,400 people live in the Lincoln County town of Whitefield, where a 54-bed recovery residence recently opened in spite of heavy opposition.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
The Supreme Court rejected an opioid settlement that could have brought Maine $20 million. What now?
While the parties will now have to renegotiate a new settlement, Maine is expecting to receive about $235 million over the next 18 years from other opioid settlements.
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Supreme Court rejects nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
The settlement would have shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic.
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PublishedJune 25, 2024
Mobile medical team aims to reduce overdose deaths in Greater Portland
The van is operated by Greater Portland Health, which serves vulnerable communities in Portland, South Portland and Westbrook.
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