Trump signs bill to help fight opioid crisis

The law will add treatment options and get the Postal Service to screen overseas packages for fentanyl.

Maine woman, Bronx man charged with dealing crack, heroin, Suboxone

The agency says it seized 80 grams of crack cocaine, 10 grams of heroin and 10 grams of powdered cocaine during a Wednesday traffic stop in Vassalboro.

Heroin killed 378 people in Maine last year. Meet 60 of them.

Lives lost: A songwriter, a proud Boy Scout, a pizza delivery woman, a grandfather

Waking up: As state response lags, communities step up to fight addiction

Police departments, churches, health care institutions and municipalities recognize the need to invest in a remedy to the opioid crisis. Slowly, even the government is coming around.

Opioid addiction is different for women

Here’s why: • Women use substances differently than men, and can become addicted while using smaller amounts of certain drugs for less time. • Sex hormones can make women more sensitive than men to the effects of some drugs. Women may have more drug cravings and may be more likely to relapse after treatment. • Women who use […]

Lives lost: A homemaker, a Preble Street caseworker, a marathon runner, a class clown

Women in peril: Female addicts face distinct – and deadly – disadvantages

With fewer institutional resources and a greater biological threat, women entangled in the opioid epidemic must overcome gender-specific hurdles to recovery, including child-care considerations, social pressures and stigma often complicated by the specter of sexual trauma.

Lives lost: A lobsterman, a stepfather, a NASCAR fan, a former Marine

Death of mild-mannered young lobsterman shows ‘it can get to anybody, this heroin’

The father of Sam Stevens lets his son's addiction go public, signaling that an insidious threat lurks within the Machias community.