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PublishedMarch 6, 2018
Addiction treatment facility for veterans proposed at Augusta riverside property
The project could take place on land now owned by the state, adjacent to the vacant Kennebec Arsenal.
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PublishedApril 19, 2017
University of Maine at Farmington students host ‘Addiction in Our Community’ event
Students in the school's Addiction Rehabilitation program created the event to help campus and community recovery effort as the state continues to grapple with record numbers of overdose deaths.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2016
Maine experts hail U.S. surgeon general’s report on addiction crisis
Public health officials and treatment specialists say "Facing Addiction in America" could change the public's perception that drug abuse is a moral failing rather than a disease.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2016
Landmark report by surgeon general calls drug crisis ‘a moral test for America’
Part of the reason for the report is to change attitudes about addiction and the stigma that users feel, and to present evidence that addiction is a treatable brain disease, with new therapies under development.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2016
Addiction rehab scholarship established in memory of Devon Higgins
The fund, which is accepting donations, will help pay for 30-day stays in residential treatment facilities for those ready to get 'clean.'
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PublishedOctober 15, 2016
Is video of child’s grief wake-up call to addicts or abuse?
An Ohio dad's video of his son reacting to news of the boy's mother's death strikes a nerve.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2016
A child watches: Ohio city posts graphic overdose photo
After a woman and a man are rescued, they and their 4-year-old passenger become the faces of tragedy.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2016
Vigil for drug overdose victims held in Portland: Photos
The Portland-based volunteer organization 'I Am Here' holds the third annual Overdose Awareness gathering in Monument Square.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2016
Maine specialists outline tools available to fight opioid crisis
The forum at Central Maine Community College was organized by Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-2nd District.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2016
Maine has second-highest rate of babies born addicted to opioids
The federal CDC says the rate was 30.4 of every 1,000 births in 2012, double what it was in 2008.
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