Augusta, Maine Planning Board unanimously approved a proposal on Tuesday night that would allow a new recovery center that specializes in the use of methadone and suboxone to treat patients to open in the city.
âYou just dig yourself into a hole, and you canât climb out of itâ: 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.
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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 â The spring-like setting was sublime, Casco Bay shimmering below a large hillside park where hundreds of people, memorial balloons in hand, had gathered in sorrow.