A 4-year, $1.6 million grant will allow the university to expand programs designed to equip health care providers to respond to the ongoing opioid crisis.
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Overlooked during opioid crisis, more of Maine’s oldest began to struggle with drugs
The number of Medicare patients who received buprenorphine treatment for their addiction to opioids increased about 70% between 2019 and 2023, a Maine Monitor analysis shows for the first time.
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Skowhegan recovery center to expand programs in Somerset County
Kennebec Behavioral Health is using $500,000 from the Maine Recovery Council to expand programming and hire staff at the center on High Street.
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Augusta’s overnight warming shelter secures funding for payroll, heating bill
Augusta officials agreed to give $13,450 in opioid settlement funds to replenish the warming center.
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Maine to receive $26 million as part of Purdue Pharma opioid lawsuit settlement
Forty-nine states and 6 U.S. territories are set to receive $7.4 billion over the next 15 years.
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Overdose deaths declined in Maine last year, but not as sharply as the U.S. overall
Data released this week by the U.S. CDC showed a 27% decrease in drug deaths nationwide from 2023 to 2024. Fatal overdoses in Maine dropped by 20%.
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Franklin County applications for opioid settlement funds available April 1
Applications must support prevention, treatment, harm reduction and/or recovery in Franklin County.
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Somerset County extends partnership to support opioid recovery
County commissioners allocated $50,000 of opioid settlement funds to continue a partnership between the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and Somerset Public Health.
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Augusta considers exchange program that would pay to get used hypodermic needles off city streets
The city could partner with a needle exchange program to offer people 5 cents for each used needle they turn in.
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Madison officials eye buying building originally planned for treatment center
The Board of Selectmen may soon ask voters to authorize the purchase of 2 Old Point Ave., the former Taylor’s Drug Store in the center of Madison.