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Tipoffs for Bangor, Maine (State) Newsletter for Saturday July 31, 2021 ( 1 items )  

Maine Gov. Mills: Preventing Addiction, Persevering Through This Opioid Epidemic, and Achieving Our Full Promise as a People and a Place
AUGUSTA, Maine, July 31 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following radio address transcript: The US CDC recently reported that more than 93,000 people died from drug overdoses nationwide last year, a staggering record reflecting the coronavirus pandemic's toll on efforts to quell the opioid crisis and the continued spread of illegal fentanyl in the narcotic supply. Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills. Thank you for listening. Here in Maine, the Attorney General's Office disclosed that  more