The Maine Office of Attorney General has released the most recent measure of drug deaths in Maine in a report compiled by Professor Marcella Sorg of the Policy Center, revealing a slight decline since the previous year. The 2018 third-quarter drug death report found that from January to September, the total number of drug-related deaths was […]
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Dr. Marcella Sorg’s research on drug deaths is in the news, revealing the increasing role of fentanyl. The figures on drug deaths recently released by the Attorney General and the Chief Medical Examiner were compiled by Dr. Marcella Sorg of the University of Maine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. The first quarter figures show that […]
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In an interview this week on the radio show “Wabanaki Windows” on WERU Dr. Marcella Sorg discussed the report on Maine drug death statistics for 2017 with radio host Donna Loring. The State of Maine saw 418 drug-induced deaths in 2017, according to figures recently released by Attorney General Janet Mills. Drug overdose deaths increased […]
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Dr. Marcella Sorg, Research Professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, will be presenting a webinar with Dr. Lisa Marsch of Dartmouth on “Understanding the Increase in Opiod Overdoses: NDEWS New Hampshire Hotspot Study Results.” The webinar will be Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 12:00 noon. To register use this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/18de12bebdbc0a944ac87b605f06faf5 More information at […]
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The first half of 2017 saw 185 drug overdose deaths in Maine, according to data recently released by the state. Dr. Marcella Sorg of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center has tracked overdose deaths and trends for the state for years, and her research shows that the number of deaths linked to the powerful synthetic opioid […]
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Policy Center research scientist Marcella Sorg is featured in the Bangor Daily News for her work on forensic identification. An article in the Outdoors section of the BDN highlights Sorg’s work. Sorg is the only forensic anthropologist with her post-graduate qualifications in northern New England and typically works in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. She […]
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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 […]
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Research Professor Marcella Sorg will receive the 2017 Presidential Public Service Achievement Award for her contribution to the university. The award will be presented at the President’s Faculty Recognition Luncheon May 13. Sorg is a research professor at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center with joint appointments in the Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change […]
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Drug overdose deaths in Maine continue to surge, fueled largely by an increase in deaths due to fentanyl, as reported by the Office of the Maine Attorney General, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and Dr. Marcella Sorg of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Attorney General Janet T. Mills today released statistics on drug […]
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Research Professor Marcella Sorg will be leading an in-depth epidemiological “hot-spot” analysis of fentanyl-related deaths in New Hampshire on behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the University of Maryland’s National Drug Early Warning System. The hot-spot study is currently featured on the National Drug Early Warning System’s website: https://ndews.umd.edu/featuredcontent/1725 Dr. Sorg and research […]
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