(Maine) What Are You Saying YES To?

(Maine) What are you saying YES to? – “When you say NO to alcohol, what are you saying YES to?” features 5 youths from Maine offering their perspectives on why they choose not to drink alcohol. T…

LePage: Heroin becoming drug of choice in state

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One measure of relative drug use comes from the Maine Office of Substance Abuse. The number of people hospitalized for treatment of heroin abuse or addiction had been steadily falling until 2010, when it stood at 1,768, according to Substance Abuse …
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Defense claims Tenants Harbor man's state of mind is key in murder trial

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ROCKLAND, Maine — According to his attorney, Andrew Kierstead snapped after a day of drinking to deal with his withdrawal from opiates, an addiction that had been more than 10 years in the making at the hands of the man Kierstead is accused of killing …
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