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PublishedApril 11, 2018
Biddeford Rep. Grohman: Send uniters, not partisan fighters, to Congress to change nation’s course
As a farm family member, businessman and volunteer, I've learned that great things can happen when people join together for a common purpose.
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PublishedApril 10, 2018
Waldoboro woman sues VA over death of father, 90, blaming change in meds
She says he died two weeks after a doctor took him off a low-dose opioid painkiller he had taken for 40 years.
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PublishedApril 10, 2018
Maine Voices: Fentanyl now public enemy No. 1 in America’s war on drugs
Fentanyl caused 58 percent of Maine drug fatalities in 2017, while heroin caused 21 percent.
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PublishedApril 8, 2018
Cynthia Dill: LePage’s ideas about naloxone, MaineCare are dumb and dumber
We are losing more than dollars because of the governor's obstructionism.
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PublishedApril 6, 2018
Our View: Gov. LePage to blame for Maine’s protracted fight over overdose antidote
His resistance to making naloxone more widely available has kept lawmakers from addressing the larger issues in the opioid crisis.
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PublishedApril 5, 2018
Pharmacy board urged to make overdose antidote available to Mainers younger than 21
Treatment advocates reject an age requirement backed by the LePage administration on the same day the U.S. surgeon general calls for increasing Americans' access to naloxone.
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PublishedApril 5, 2018
Legislature votes to spend $6.6 million more a year to help uninsured in opioid struggle
The as-yet-unappropriated funds are intended to ease access to medication-assisted treatment for up to 500 Mainers, but now it's up to Gov. LePage.
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PublishedApril 5, 2018
In lawsuit, Portland accuses opioid manufacturers of greed
The suit alleges that 20 drug manufacturers and five doctors who prescribed opioid painkillers knew that the drugs are addictive and subject to misuse.
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PublishedApril 4, 2018
Press Herald’s ‘Lost’ series on heroin crisis a finalist for national excellence award
The 10-part report is among 10 print finalists for health care institute recognition, along with The Washington Post, The New York Times, ProPublica and others.
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PublishedApril 3, 2018
Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy revives man with naloxone
A Whitefield woman called for help Monday after her friend overdosed on opiates, the sheriff's office says.
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