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Facing My Addiction

Suboxone isn’t a cure, but it’s a needed option on the road to recovery

by Seth Blais January 3, 2019

There aren’t enough doctors willing to prescribe Suboxone, but the demand is there.

Recovering addicts tell their stories at UMF forum

by Pam Harnden April 5, 2018April 5, 2018

Courtney Allen and Missy Craig describe the path they took to addiction and how they turned their lives around.

Local & State

Addiction treatment facility for veterans proposed at Augusta riverside property

by Keith Edwards March 6, 2018March 6, 2018

The project could take place on land now owned by the state, adjacent to the vacant Kennebec Arsenal.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

University of Maine at Farmington students host ‘Addiction in Our Community’ event

by Kate McCormick April 19, 2017April 19, 2017

Students in the school’s Addiction Rehabilitation program created the event to help campus and community recovery effort as the state continues to grapple with record numbers of overdose deaths.

Local & State, News

Maine experts hail U.S. surgeon general’s report on addiction crisis

by Eric Russell November 17, 2016December 7, 2016

Public health officials and treatment specialists say “Facing Addiction in America” could change the public’s perception that drug abuse is a moral failing rather than a disease.

Nation & World, News

Landmark report by surgeon general calls drug crisis ‘a moral test for America’

by Lenny Bernstein November 17, 2016February 20, 2018

Part of the reason for the report is to change attitudes about addiction and the stigma that users feel, and to present evidence that addiction is a treatable brain disease, with new therapies under development.