Fatal Overdoses Quadruple as Heroin Tightens Grip on Maine

Published January 29, 2014

Fatal overdoses quadruple as heroin tightens grip on Maine
Drug treatment professionals were not surprised by the jump in heroin overdose deaths, said Ronni Katz, coordinator of the substance abuse prevention program for Portland's Department of Health and Human Services. “The trends that we've been seeing … Read more on Kennebec Journal

Panel backs bill for Indiana welfare drug testing
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 – 5:32 pm. INDIANAPOLIS — A bill that would require screening for possible drug use among welfare recipients is moving forward in the Indiana Legislature after a House committee voted to advance the measure Wednesday … Read more on News Sentinel

Push to legalize marijuana likely in more Maine communities
“I think my biggest concern with legalizing marijuana is that it could send a message to our kids that drug use is OK,” Eliot Cutler, an independent candidate for governor, said in a statement to the Press Herald. “That said, the current system doesn't … Read more on Press Herald