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Marcella Sorg’s research on drug overdose deaths in Maine

Research conducted by Marcella Sorg, PhD, of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, for the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner shows that in 2016 there was a nearly 40% increase in deaths due to a drug overdose from 2015. The overwhelming majority of these deaths, 84%, were caused alone or in […]

Sorg to present in National Drug Early Warning System webinar

UMaine medical and forensic anthropologist Marcella Sorg of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is one of four presenters in a webinar at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29 on illicit opioids and methamphetamine. It is being hosted by the National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) at the University of Maryland and funded by the National Institute […]

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