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April 21, 2018
drugs Latest News | Poll Questions | NEA Poetry Suit | Kenduskeag Stream Race | Maine Legislature

    NH police chiefs say efforts to curb drug use have been ‘unsuccessful’

    More than 80 percent of police chiefs surveyed rated drug misuse as either an "extremely serious" or "quite serious" problem. Read More
    • NH expects first drop in drug overdose numbers in 5 years
    • 185 people died in Maine from drug overdoses in first half of 2017
    Maine Focus

    The 18 lost years of a Maine man imprisoned with addiction

    How Maine jails fall short in easing a crisis they help perpetuate. Read More
    MAINE FOCUS

    5 ways I see drug prevention working

    Here's what our communities are doing. Read More
    • The solitary journey of a Maine boy expelled from school
    MAINE FOCUS

    Why the BDN decided to survey all Maine schools

    We did the survey after learning no one in Maine had a comprehensive understanding of what schools are doing to prevent substance use. Read More

    Despite the stigma of addiction, I no longer keep my past a secret

    A year ago, I wouldn’t have dreamed of writing so candidly about my own struggles. My willingness to openly discuss that I was once addicted to alcohol and drugs began on October 9, 2014. I was a newly appointed member of the city of… Read More
    • How this Maine university is helping students get through college sober

    Why I made this mini-documentary about addiction in the Bangor area

    The more people talk about addiction, I hope the more it will help people join together to fight this epidemic. Read More

    The history of the war on drugs, in 17 slides

    From the prohibition of marijuana to the reason that alcohol and tobacco will never be banned — how the country has dealt with drugs, and whether it's working. Read More

    Watch 10 years of Mainers Googling different drugs in one GIF

    Cocaine was on Mainers' minds for most of the 2000s. Read More

    Watch Chris Christie get personal in this viral video about changing how we deal with addiction

    "We need to start treating people in this country, not jailing them." Read More

    PVH upgrades drug-tracking system

    LINCOLN, Maine — New computer bar-coding equipment recently installed at Penobscot Valley Hospital allows staff to electronically track the transportation of drugs from the delivery truck to a patient’s bedside. The hospital’s new Pyxis Med Station 4000 system increases efficiency and hospital accountability and control of high-risk… Read More
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