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15 hours ago

How opioid settlement funds have been distributed across Maine

Maine is expected to receive about $261 million from settlement agreements through 2038 to address the opioid crisis. The funds come from national litigation against pharmaceutical companies for their roles in the distribution of billions of highly addictive opioids over a decade that fueled the nation’s addiction epidemic.  Maine was originally expected to receive $230 […]

6 months ago

Product of Maine marijuana chain expanding to Aroostook tests positive for pesticides

A chain of Maine medical marijuana dispensaries that is planning to open a location in Presque Isle was subject of the first-ever patient advisory issued by state cannabis regulators last week after products sold in its Waterville store tested positive for pesticides.  Strains of five concentrates sold by MarijuanaVille, which operates 12 medical dispensaries mostly […]

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10 months ago

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner makes first Aroostook stop

HOULTON, Maine – U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner made his first northern Maine stop in Houlton Saturday, tapping into growing economic frustrations as a way to garner Aroostook County support for his campaign  “Down here we live in a world of material reality. Down here Medicare and Medicaid cuts are not numbers on a spreadsheet, […]