A comprehensive detox center was at the top of a long list of needs if Lewiston is “truly going to be a recovery-ready community,” representatives from the Mayoral Ad Hoc Committee on Substance Use and Recovery told the City Council on Tuesday.
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Recovery community welcomes Mills’ focus on opioid crisis but fears it’s not enough
The governor announced several new initiatives to combat the deadly opioid crisis during her annual speech to the Legislature on Tuesday.
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HCC bringing recovery center to Franklin County
Healthy Community Coalition will be opening two new recovery centers in Franklin County. The first recovery centers in Franklin County, they will offer a safe location for those who are recovering from substance abuse and will help combat the ongoing opioid crisis in the state of Maine.
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Judge dismisses Maine hospitals’ opioid lawsuit against drug companies
Cumberland County Judge Michael Duddy ruled that Northern Light Health’s hospital system was not directly harmed by the opioid epidemic.
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Fentanyl, the fast-acting and incredibly lethal opioid, killed more than 500 Mainers last year
Fentanyl is sometimes referred to as the “instant death,” an official from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.
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Maine overdose deaths set record for 3rd straight year in 2022
A report released Thursday by the Attorney General’s Office indicated 716 individuals died from overdoses last year, 85 more than in 2021.
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Brunswick’s Sweetser clinic receives $4 million grant to expand services
A $4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will allow Sweetser’s Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Brunswick to expand its mental health and substance use services, the organization announced Thursday.
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The Narcan effect: A new lease on life
Even as Maine experiences record numbers of overdose deaths, the expanded availability and use of the lifesaving opioid antidote naloxone presents a competing narrative.
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Opioid treatment clinic expands to Farmington
The agency’s primary location is in Skowhegan.
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Lewiston elected officials eye solutions to homelessness, substance use
Lewiston city councilors and Lewiston’s legislative delegation discussed programs and potential funding sources to combat homelessness and substance use, including the shelter village proposal that has so far failed to get off the ground.