Sporer and Glover write op-ed for BDN about need for more action on opioid addiction
Karyn Sporer, associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine, and Robert Glover, associate professor of political science and honors, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News about how Maine governor Janet Mills should take an ambitious approach to address opioid addiction in the state. “With 2023 in its infancy, Mainers are already losing loved ones, neighbors, family members and friends to fatal drug overdose. Will those descendants referenced by Mills be proud if we possessed the means and the popular will, but failed to enact the bold reforms necessary to stop these community members from dying?” wrote Sporer and Glover, who are members of the Maine chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network, which brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications.