Maine: Rural doctors need to support buprenorphine

A recent act of Congress allows a physician to treat up to 100 patients with buprenorphine, a medication for opiate addiction that avoids many of the disadvantages of methadone. But many general practitioners in rural Maine, where thousands of heroin addicts live, are not stepping up to the plate to administer buprenorphine treatment. This column in the Bangor Daily News asks why. The column might resonate with many other regions that have similar issues.

Robs store for nicotine fix

YARMOUTH, ME.: Police are on the lookout for the young man who robbed the Irving Station Wednesday night. Police say the man walked right into the store on Main Street, aimed a handgun at the clerk and demanded cash and cigarettes. Source.