Some people in recovery swear by the effectiveness of the drugs, but the FDA and many treatment experts say there is no credible evidence to support their use.

As states from New Hampshire to California expand access to the overdose antidote naloxone, the LePage administration delays action that could save Maine lives.

Twice Maine lawmakers have OK’d the purchase of Narcan, a heroin overdose antidote, without a prescription, but Gov. Paul LePage and the state’s pharmacy regulators won’t publish the rules that sanction its sale.