Maine Recovery Advocacy Project, lawmakers to address state’s addiction crisis
As Augusta prepares for 130th legislative session, Mainers come together to call for action from elected officials; Lawmakers and organizers to hold virtual call on Friday at 7 p.m. to discuss agenda Wed, 01/27/2021 - 1:00pm
As overdoses reach record levels across Maine, The Maine Recovery Advocacy Project (ME-RAP), along with other advocates and legislators, today is urging action on four bills to reform how Maine deals with addiction and act on solutions that will make an impact across the state. The state of Maine is on track to see record-breaking overdose deaths in 2020, with the Third Quarter Drug Overdose Report, released by the Office of Attorney General and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner last week, showing that there were 380 deaths caused by drugs in the first three quarters of 2020, the same number of total deaths in 2019. Right now, Maine is on course to lose as many peo