By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor
The Maine Recovery Council on Dec. 14 took the first steps toward distributing more than $9 million in opioid settlement funds in an initial round of funding to organizations around the state.
From January to May of this year, there were 253 confirmed and suspected fatal overdoses, according to the latest monthly overdose report from the Maine Office of the Attorney General.
From January to May of this year, there were 253 confirmed and suspected fatal overdoses, according to the latest monthly overdose report from the Maine Office of the Attorney General.
As the number of Mainers dying from drug overdoses appeared to be going down in the first half of the year, recovery experts and state officials are increasingly looking to harm reduction strategies to aid efforts aimed at overdose prevention and.