Maine’s High Opiate Addiction Rate Endangers Newborns – Morning Sentinel

Maine’s high opiate addiction rate endangers newborns – Morning Sentinel

Maine's high opiate addiction rate endangers newborns
Morning Sentinel
Maine's high opiate addiction rate endangers newborns. Some in the state's medical community worry about the impact of the state's recent two-year cap on methadone and buprenorphine for Medicaid patients. By Alanna Durkin The Associated Press.
Number of drug-affected babies in Maine skyrocketsSeacoastonline.com

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FDA move aims to curb opiate abuse as painkiller addiction rises in county – Berkshire Eagle

FDA move aims to curb opiate abuse as painkiller addiction rises in county
Berkshire Eagle
Additionally, Spectrum Health Systems, which opened a methadone clinic in the city a year ago, now serves 350 people, "showing that an unmet need has been addressed," said Andrew Strecker, the company's development associate. County residents have 

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Sentencing in Kelsey Pynch methadone trafficking case in Kentville delayed – Kings County Register/Advertiser

Sentencing in Kelsey Pynch methadone trafficking case in Kentville delayed
Kings County Register/Advertiser
Kelsey Leanne Pynch's sentencing hearing was put over to early December to allow for expert testimony about methadone, a prescription drug used to wean addicts off opiates. Pynch, implicated in the 2012 overdose death of 21-year-old Katanna MacDonald 

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