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According to the CDC, more than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021. And a record-breaking 627 of those deaths occurred in the state of Maine. Substance use disorder is seen as a public health emergency by the medical community \u2013 but drug arrests continue to increase all over the country. In light of these developments, professor of political science Rob Glover, alongside his colleague Karyn Sporer (professor of sociology), set out to discover Mainers\u2019 attitudes about current drug policy in their state and what reforms they favor. Professor Glover shared these eye-opening findings with us \u2013 as well as its policy implications.\xa0

For more on this topic:

Check out Rob Glover and Karyn Sporer\u2019s OpEd published in the Kennebec Journal: Maine Voters Want a New Approach on Drug Policy.

Read an overview of their findings.