Document Type
Report
Publisher
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
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Publication Date
6-23-2021
Abstract/ Summary
This report, funded by the Maine Office of Attorney General, provides a summary of statistics regarding drug fatalities in Maine during 2020. Data for the report were collected at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. A drug death is identified when one or more drugs are mentioned on the death certificate as a cause or significant contributing factor for the death. All drug deaths that occurred in Maine are included, whether or not they were Maine residents. Deaths of Maine residents who died out of state are not included.
Repository Citation
Sorg, Marcella H., "Maine Drug Death Report for 2020" (2021). Health & Public Safety. 16.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mcspc_healthsafety/16
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