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PublishedNovember 1, 2011
State ponders cuts to addiction programs
A state budget-cutting task force is considering a two-year MaineCare limit on some forms of drug addiction treatment.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2011
Panel mulls cutting drug addict treatment
A state budget-cutting task force is considering a two-year MaineCare limit on some forms of drug addiction treatment.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2011
Local officials collecting old, unused pills
Unused and expired medications will be collected Saturday at police stations, firehouses, town halls and selected pharmacies around Maine.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2011
Company objects to fines for sewer gas deaths
The owner of Stevens Electric & Pump Service says the company provided the proper safety equipment and training.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2011
Painkiller abuse summit ends with plan for task force
About 150 government officials, law enforcement leaders, physicians and others attended a conference today to address painkiller addiction.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011
Maine’s legal battle against pills
Ten years ago, Jon Hinck was a lawyer representing addicts in a class-action lawsuit against the maker of OxyContin.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2011
PAINKILLER ABUSE: Coordination lack hurting state efforts
Ten years ago, Jon Hinck was a lawyer representing addicts in a class-action lawsuit against the maker of OxyContin.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2011
Maine CDC investigating new swine-origin flu
A child in Cumberland County is recovering from the new strain.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2011
Treatment works for pill addicts, but access a problem
The good news about Maine’s painkiller abuse epidemic, experts say, is that opiate addiction is treatable. The bad news is that Maine doesn’t have enough treatment options for all of the people who want or need it.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2011
Prescription drug addicts increasingly turn to violence to get fix
Pharmacy robberies, unheard of 15 years ago, have become regular occurrences around the state.
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