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Decriminalizing hypodermic needles is a hopeful sign that saving lives from drug overdose is becoming a priority.

The Church of Safe Injection, a nonprofit that provides harm reduction supplies and overdose reversal training for people who use drugs, was cleared by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention last week to operate syringe service programs in Westbrook, Lewiston, Rumford, Dixfield and Bethel.

Mexico's Supreme Court again prods the government to get marijuana legalized. (Creative Commons) Marijuana Policy Marijuana Legalization Goes into Effect in Three States. The use and possession of limited amounts of marijuana by people 21 and over became or becomes legal in three states this week. All three are states that legalized the plant legislatively this year. Legalization went into effect in New Mexico on Tuesday and will go into effect Thursday in Connecticut and Virginia. In South Dakota, where voter-approved legalization was supposed to go into effect Thursday, a court challenge su...

Maine considers bill to end criminal penalties for minor drug possession WGME PORTLAND (WGME) -- This year, Oregon became the first state to end criminal penalties for minor drug possession. Now, Maine and five other states are considering similar measures. "In my years of drug use, I am now a 28-time felon," Kari Morissette of the Church of Safe Injection said. Morissette says most of her time served was for drug possession. "And none of the times that I ever went to jail helped me," Morissette said. "You withdraw on the floor, and then you get out. You still want to use. And...

‘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 those who have died due to accidental overdoses.Erin Clark/Globe Staff PORTLAND, Maine — The sp...