The $6 million investment is the latest effort to reverse an epidemic that claimed a record 716 lives just last year.
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‘Keep them alive’: More states legalize fentanyl test strips to combat surging opioid deaths
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.
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Pills flowed for years as DEA dragged feet on disciplining opioid distributor
The delay has raised concerns about how the revolving door between government and industry may be impacting the DEA’s mission to police drug companies blamed for tens of thousands of American overdose deaths.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Eduardo Porter: Fentanyl will win the war on drugs
So let’s say the United States labels Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations, like so many Republicans are demanding. Let’s say it deploys “cyberwarfare” and missile strikes against its kingpins, declares war against the cartels and sends troops across the border, whether the Mexican government agrees or not. Then what? Here’s what: Fentanyl keeps killing Americans; […]
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Quiet and parents’ touch help opioid users’ newborns, study finds
Babies born to opioid users, including mothers in treatment with medications such as methadone, can develop withdrawal symptoms after exposure in the womb.
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FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter sales of the overdose antidote naloxone, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription.
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Augusta program could be first in Maine to offer overdose victims medication on-scene to treat withdrawal symptoms
Plans to help Augusta residents recover from substance use disorder include a proposal to offer people revived from an overdose by rescue workers immediate, on-scene treatment with Suboxone and help accessing longer-term treatment.
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Recovery community welcomes Mills’ focus on opioid crisis but fears it’s not enough
The governor announced several new initiatives to combat the deadly opioid crisis during her annual speech to the Legislature on Tuesday.
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Two new recovery centers coming to Franklin County
The first recovery centers in the area will offer a safe location for those who are recovering from substance abuse and will help combat the ongoing opioid crisis in the state of Maine.
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Judge dismisses Maine hospitals’ opioid lawsuit against drug companies
Cumberland County Judge Michael Duddy ruled that Northern Light Health’s hospital system was not directly harmed by the opioid epidemic.