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Tipoffs for Bangor, Maine (State) Newsletter for Friday May 17, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Maine Gov. Mills Announces 16 Percent Decline in Fatal Drug Overdoses in Maine in 2023, Among Nation's Largest
AUGUSTA, Maine, May 17 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on May 15, 2024: Governor Janet Mills today announced that Maine experienced one of the nation's largest percentage decreases in fatal overdoses in 2023, according to a preliminary statistical analysis released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this morning (https://blogs.cdc.gov/nchs/2024/05/15/7623/). Overall, the U.S. CDC found that drug overdose deaths in the United States decreased  more