Despite a slightly encouraging downward trend in opioid deaths, far too many of our fellow Mainers are still being lost to overdoses. Far too many families are being impacted by the relentless and heartbreaking impacts of addiction.
In a brightly lit conference room on the first floor of the Department of Health and Human Services in Augusta on Thursday, the Maine Recovery Council met for the eighth time in as many months and, perhaps for the first time, discussed how it should.