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Bill to add substance use disorder as a cause of death sets ‘terrible precedent,’ medical examiner says

Por: Portland Press Herald Health February 16, 2023

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AUGUSTA — A bill sponsored by state Rep. Colleen Madigan, D-Waterville, seeks to require substance use disorder and the underlying substances to be listed as a cause of death when it has contributed to a person’s death, but the state’s chief medical examiner said this is not the way to acknowledge the disease’s impact on a person’s life. At a public hearing Wednesday before the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee,... + full article



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