Some hope that opioid-related measures can be salvaged during an extended veto day or special legislative session.
opioid epidemic
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What’s left in limbo: Rundown of major unfinished business as 2018 legislative session ends
Here is a recap of some of the major issues debated in the Legislature this year, where they currently stand and their prospects going forward.
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From Medicaid expansion to pot sales, partisan stalemate in Augusta leaves key issues unresolved
A late-night impasse over adjournment has members of the 128th Maine Legislature vehemently blaming political opponents, with time running out and the fate of unfinished legislation unclear.
Posted inMaine, News
Number of opioids prescribed in Maine in 2017 fell 13 percent, the sixth-steepest drop in U.S.
The drop since 2016 reflects the first full year of data under the law limiting opioid prescribing and exceeds the national average decline of 8.9 percent.
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Bill that allows over-the-counter naloxone for people younger than 21 clears Maine Senate
A rule that would allow pharmacists to dispense the antidote only to those over the age of 21 is still pending before the Board of Pharmacy.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine House overwhelmingly approves lifting age requirement for opioid antidote
Rules that would allow pharmacists to dispense naloxone without a prescription have been stalled for well over a year.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
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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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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cynthia Dill: LePage’s ideas about naloxone, MaineCare are dumb and dumber
We are losing more than dollars because of the governor’s obstructionism.