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Council hears contentious proposal to fund a Spurwink mobile harm‑reduction unit with opioid‑settlement dollars
Summary
Spurwink asked Lewiston for two years of funding from opioid settlement dollars to buy and operate a mobile unit offering naloxone, sterile syringes, wound care and same‑day MOUD initiation. Councilors sought more detail about ordinance language, data on treatment conversions, and coordination with Auburn and shelters.
Spurwink representatives asked the Lewiston City Council to fund a mobile harm‑reduction unit from opioid settlement dollars to expand outreach, screening and same‑day initiation of medication for opioid use disorder.
Catherine Ryder, Spurwink’s senior director of strategic initiatives, said the mobile unit would take services to people who cannot reach the brick‑and‑mortar clinic at 1155 Lisbon Street. “If we could establish a mobile unit that would go out into the community to places that fall within a buffer zone that the council would identify for us, we would be able…
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