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Janet Mills signs bill supporting an Aroostook drug court

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Aroostook County is the only Maine judicial jurisdiction without a treatment and recovery court. The closest option is in Calais, more than 130 miles away from The County's population center. Maine Treatment and Recovery Courts, previously called drug courts, are specialty dockets for eligible people.

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Janet Mills signs bill supporting an Aroostook drug court

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday signed into law an act that supports creating drug treatment courts throughout Maine, especially in rural parts of the state that have been hard hit by the opioid epidemic. For people in Aroostook, the only Maine judicial jurisdiction without a treatment and recovery court, the closest option is in Calais, more than 130 miles away from The County’s population center. “With the passage of this bill,…

2 months ago·Bangor, United States

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