KEYNOTES AND PRESENTATIONS
Governor Janet Mills hosted her 4th Annual Opioid Response Summit on Monday, July 11, 2022 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The theme for this year’s summit was Community, Connection, & Compassion. The annual summit is part of the state’s commitment to fighting the opioid epidemic, and convenes leaders from around Maine and the Nation to share ideas, strategies, and best practices to help Maine people affected by this crisis. This full-day, in-person program featured keynote speakers and breakout sessions, with the voices of persons in recovery featured prominently.
Governor Mills: Expanding Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Rural Maine
Maine remains within the crushing grip of an unrelenting opioid epidemic. This is an epidemic which began decades ago, and which has now worsened from effects of the pandemic and specifically the increased presence of dangerous, highly lethal drugs like fentanyl. It’s an epidemic that is killing a record number of Maine people – people who are our family, friends, and neighbors.
Governor Mills: A community in Maine who cares and who never gives up
At the height of the pandemic, people were unable to connect safely with their community. This fact alone had particularly deadly consequences for people suffering from substance use disorder here in Maine and across the country.
While the pandemic waxes and wanes, we are still losing people with substance use disorder every day.
Mills to hold Maine’s 4th annual opioid summit Monday
The summit gathered health care workers, law enforcement officials, policy experts, and members of the public to work together on the opioid crisis.
