Lisa Ellen Miniutti WILTON — Police have charged a local woman with selling prescription methadone pills and having heroin and cocaine at her residence in a mobile home park off Main Street. A Maine Drug Enforcement agent arrested Lisa Ellen Miniutti, 43, on Monday on Class B charges of trafficking in scheduled drugs and possession […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says he wants to shut down methadone clinics
Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday morning he would like to close Maine’s methadone clinics. “I’ve been trying to close down methadone clinics since I’ve been governor,” said LePage during his weekly radio appearance on WVOM. “When it comes to methadone, every expert I’ve talked to says there’s no clinical aspect to it. … It’s no […]
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Bill would raise reimbursements for Maine methadone clinics
AUGUSTA — A Maine lawmaker has proposed a bill that would raise the MaineCare reimbursement rate at the state’s 10 methadone clinics. The Portland Press Herald reports Republican Sen. David Woodsome, of North Waterboro, is sponsoring legislation that would increase the weekly reimbursement rate from $60 to $80 per patient. The bill is one of […]
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Rep. Chellie Pingree asks feds to boost methadone clinic funding
AUGUSTA — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree has asked the federal government to reverse reductions in payments to methadone treatment centers that have happened since Gov. Paul LePage took office. In an Oct. 8 letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pingree, a Democrat, said that the cuts since 2010 have put significant financial […]
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Maine senators, LePage seek federal aid for winter storm costs
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are joining Republican Gov. Paul LePage in urging the federal government to provide assistance to towns still grappling with the costs of the January blizzard. Collins and King are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve LePage’s request to declare a major disaster and […]
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Steven Kassels: Drug addiction is a medical issue, not a political issue
We, as a society, have arbitrarily differentiated between acceptable and unacceptable drug addictions. Why else would our politicians enter into medical decision making? After 50 years of accepted science, we know that the cost of not treating opiate addiction is up to 12 times greater than the cost of the treatment itself (National Institute of […]
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Parents: Westbrook girl had methadone in system
WESTBROOK (AP) — The parents of a 2-year-old Westbrook girl who was found dead in her crib say police have told them that their daughter had lethal levels of methadone in her system. Madelyn Negron was found unresponsive at her parents’ apartment on Aug. 5. The parents, Jessica Joy and Raul Negron, told the Portland […]
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State grants nearly 1,200 waivers to two-year methadone cap
AUGUSTA — A law that took effect Jan. 1, designed to save the state money by cutting MaineCare patients’ methadone treatments after two years, has so far resulted in 20 people losing coverage, according to early figures from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. So far, another 1,197 have received waivers to stay […]