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Updated July 20 Tentative opioid deal would provide $26 billion and a new way to regulate painkillers Opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. have claimed more than 500,000 lives since 1999, and Maines drug overdose deaths increased by 33% in 2020. By Meryl Kornfield and Lenny BernsteinThe Washington Post Read Article WASHINGTON — More than two decades and 500,000 overdose deaths after the U.S. opioid epidemic began, the biggest penalty for drug companies’ role in the crisis was announced Tue...

‘You just dig yourself into a hole, and you can’t climb out of it’: In Maine, addiction crisis deepened by the pandemic The pandemic cut many people off from counseling and group meetings when they needed them most By Brian MacQuarrie Globe Staff,Updated March 13, 2021, 2:30 p.m. Email to a Friend Roy Lee stood next to his girlfriend Trina Mills as she held onto a large photograph of her son Shane Robert Mills while attending Black Balloon Day in Portland, Maine. The day honored ...