Senator Goodall Introduces LD 644, an Act to Strengthen Maine’s Wholesale Liquor Business

Senator Goodall Introduces LD 644, An Act to Strengthen Maine’s Wholesale Liquor Business – From the accompanying press release: In addition to paying back the hospitals, the specifics of Senator Goodall’s liquor plan, LD 644, is as follows: It reta…

Barnstable County Sheriff Travels to D.C. to Discuss Vivitrol Program

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The Sheriff's Office began distributing Vivitrol, "a non-mood altering, non-addictive drug that has no street value and no withdrawal symptoms" to selected inmates leaving the Barnstable County Correctional Facility 19 months ago. In that time, 63 …
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Judge sets high bail for four suspected of running Owls Head meth lab

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An affidavit filed by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency indicated that agents began investigating the four in late October after learning that Batty and Gregory had been going around to stores and purchasing over-the-counter medicine with pseudoephedrine …
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A bud of legally grown marijuana is held by a cancer patient, in Portland, Maine in an Oct.22, 2009 file photo. A gaffe by Health Canada has outed thousands of medical marijuana users.Earlier this week, the department mailed 40,000 letters to medical …
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Effective care for drug addicts often hard to get

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“There is without doubt a treatment shortfall in this state,” said Dan Meara of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, who estimated that some places turn away half those seeking treatment. “There is not enough funding, and there are …
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