Our View: Increase Mainers' Access to Safe, Effective Anti-Overdose Drug
Our View: Increase Mainers' access to safe, effective anti-overdose drug
A bill now being considered in the Legislature would make the drug available to emergency medical technicians and family members or friends of those at risk of overdosing. Police officers and firefighters may be added to that list as well. FAILED …
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Greg Maynard | Anchor Staff
When Allen Ginsberg wrote these infamously sacred words to shed awareness on the self-implored mutiny of his generation, he was mainly just talking about drug use. Don't get me wrong, now. The right kind of drug, I imagine, will take your imagination …
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Father finding peace after son died of drug overdose
MANTI, Utah – A father who lost his son to a drug overdose said he is finding some peace now that a woman who failed to help his son or call for help has been sent to prison. … His son's death has given Ryan Palmer a new perspective on drug abuse.
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Parts of region see slight uptick in heroin crime
The number of deaths by heroin and other opioids – such as painkillers like OxyContin and methadone – started climbing in the state about 10 years ago, said Mellie Randall, director of the state Office of Substance Abuse Services. That's when the …
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