Hearing On LD 1421 TODAY at 1:05 in Judiciary Committee

Following news that drug overdose deaths in Maine increased in 2019, the ACLU of Maine renewed its call for the legislature to pass a bill that would stop the criminalization of people who use drugs and remove barriers to treatment and harm-reduction measures. 

Court Date Reminders Are Common Sense Way to Reduce Failure to Appear Arrests

The ACLU is urging jails and prisons throughout New England to provide medication for addiction treatment (MAT) to incarcerated people who are suffering from opioid use disorder.

Groups Call for Nationwide Change