The agency that negotiated the opioid settlements has the fewest reporting requirements. Here’s how it’s spending its money.
The attorney general’s office has no formal distribution process and says it can respond “quickly and creatively” to urgent funding requests.
Overlooked during the opioid crisis, more of Maine’s oldest began to struggle with drugs
The number of Medicare patients in Maine who received buprenorphine treatment for their addiction to opioids increased about 70 percent between 2019 and 2023, a Maine Monitor analysis shows for the first time.
Maine center guiding local opioid settlement spending says data will be public early next year
The USM-based center is providing technical support as millions of dollars flow into local governments to combat the opioid crisis.
Opioid overdose death rates have increased among older people. We’d like to hear from you.
The Monitor would like to hear directly from those who have experienced opioid addiction in older age, their families and professionals working to help.
Waldo County opioid spending raises transparency questions
As the county creates a committee, which will form another committee, to disburse opioid funds, officials are unable to clarify how initial spending decisions were made.
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