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13 October
5:54 pm

people seeking help for opioid recovery are being told they're on a wait list for eight months

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (WGME)

5:54 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific wait time figure for recovery program access in Maine — a concrete claim about the state of addiction treatment infrastructure that could be verified against data
What we foundMaine official and legislative sources confirm months-long waitlists for opioid and SUD treatment — ranging from 'months-long' to 'ten months or longer' — but no source specifically corroborates an eight-month wait time.
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