Prescription painkillers are known as an equal opportunity drug.
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Painkillers, prescription drugs remain easy to get
SOUTH BERWICK — Matty Rix grew up in a community that had much to offer a happy, adventurous boy.
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Painkiller addiction stalks teens
Prescription painkillers are known as an equal opportunity drug.
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Prescription drug abuse rampant across Maine
Maine was one of the first states to witness the explosion of prescription painkiller addiction, and its pill habit, still out of control, is among the worst in the nation. After a decade of efforts to contain the abuse, Maine’s Legislature and the Attorney General’s Office are among those calling for a more aggressive, coordinated response.
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Washington County named ground zero for prescription drug abuse
Maine was hit earlier and harder by prescription painkiller abuse than much of the nation. And Washington County, at its eastern tip, has been considered ground zero for painkiller abuse in Maine for the past decade, since an explosion of addiction in Down East Maine and in West Virginia earned OxyContin the nickname “hillbilly heroin.”
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Medicare open enrollment earlier than usual this year
Medicare’s annual open enrollment period for choosing Part D prescription plans and Advantage Plans is early this year.
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Industrial chemicals a cause of obesity?
Some researchers now believe that chemicals in the environment may be reprogramming babies’ metabolisms. Chemical exposure, they say, may help explain the dramatic rise in obesity, even among young children.
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Bangor ground zero for ‘bath salts’ in Maine
PORTLAND — Twenty-seven-year-old Kyle Clukey has used lots of different drugs over the past 10 years. Then, this summer, something new arrived in Bangor, and he gave it a try. It was a strong, synthetic cocaine-like powder sold in stores as “bath salts” and known on the street as monkey dust.
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‘Bath salts’ use still growing
PORTLAND — Kyle Clukey, a 27-year-old, has used lots of different drugs during the past 10 years. Then, this summer, something new arrived in Bangor, and he gave it a try. It was a strong, synthetic cocaine-like powder sold in stores as “bath salts” and known on the street as monkey dust.
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Maine food pantries, soup kitchens lose funding
Maine’s U.S. representatives call on FEMA to restore some of the money.