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Commentary: Mainers deserve access to harm reduction health centers

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion June 16, 2023

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When it comes to slowing the crisis of preventable opioid overdose deaths in Maine, it’s time we collectively cried mercy. Despite our state’s best efforts, the number of deaths have only increased in recent years. Overdoses claimed the lives of 716 of our neighbors, friends and family members in 2022. Each year, law enforcement removes more fentanyl from the streets and busts more traffickers, yet the death toll keeps on rising. ABOUT THE... + full article



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