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June 10, 2023
Fentanyl is sometimes referred to as the "instant death," an official from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.
February 4, 2023
Fentanyl is sometimes referred to as the "instant death," an official from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.
May 6, 2022
While they are not a replacement for residential treatment, recovery homes provide a critical safety net.
April 17, 2022
Maine lawmakers and health officials realized easy access to prescription opioids was creating dependency issues and clamped down, but did not anticipate how well the illegal drug market would fill the void.
April 11, 2022
The Sun Journal featured University of Maine data in a sweeping report about opioid drug deaths in Maine. The Sun Journal analyzed annual confirmed drug death counts, from 1997 through September of 2021, using data from drug death reports from the Rural Drug and Alcohol Research Program at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith […]
April 10, 2022
The Sun Journal analyzed annual confirmed drug death counts, from 1997 through September 2021, using data from drug death reports.
April 10, 2022
Twenty years after Purdue Pharma introduced its pain medication, OxyContin, Maine lawmakers passed a bill that significantly stemmed the flow of pain pills into the state. A Sun Journal investigation found the new restrictions may have been too little, too late: A generation of Mainers were already grappling with substance use disorder and a growing illicit drug trade was ready to meet the demand.
January 20, 2022
Maine Public cited Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist and a University of Maine research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, in a story about the record number of overdose deaths in Maine in 2021. According to the station, Sorg, who directs the centerโs Rural Drug & Alcohol Research Program and compiles overdose data […]
January 18, 2022
Health experts attributed the rising death toll to a combination of more lethal drugs and social isolation caused by the pandemic.
May 8, 2021
A new online drug data hub for Maine, with the potential to improve care, inform policy and ultimately save lives, is the latest impactful tool in response to the stateโs opioid epidemic, according to the University of Maine, in a news release...