Top Democrats call on the governor to step down or seek professional help, a day after he leaves an obscenity-laced voice mail for one legislator.
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Maine specialists outline tools available to fight opioid crisis
The forum at Central Maine Community College was organized by Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-2nd District.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Federal wiretap used to charge 3 New York men with smuggling drugs to Maine
One is arrested Wednesday on a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin, and warrants are pending for the other two.
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Opiate abuse crisis touches 6 out of 10 Mainers, poll results reveal
A newspaper poll suggests 780,000 residents know someone who has used heroin or abused painkillers, and shows disagreement over the primary causes: Dealers, disease, moral failing or something else?
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Amid Maine’s drug crisis, DHHS slow to expand treatment options
The agency hasn’t advanced three addiction programs that have already been funded, raising concerns among providers over the lack of urgency.
Posted inNews, Politics
LePage veto of overdose antidote bill leaves lawmakers with hard choice, grim consequences
Advocates argue that the governor’s belief that naloxone enables addicts is the same as saying some should die.
Posted inNation & World, News
How N.H. police came to find heroin in high school dean’s office
Police don’t know why Rekha Luther reported finding, then misplacing, a seemingly fictitious bunch of hypodermic needles.
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Maine closer to allowing no-prescription access to Narcan overdose antidote
The bill received strong endorsements in the House and Senate.
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Maine House backs doubling maximum sentence for importing heroin, other opiates
The vote increases the likelihood of final passage of the bill, which would also make other drug crimes felonies.