Ashley Malloy’s 14-month-old, Karson, died in November 2021 from complications due to the combined effects of fentanyl and tramadol, officials said.
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Lawmakers look at easing limits on number of clean needles Maine exchanges can give out
A record 636 people in Maine died from drug overdoses last year.
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Maine CDC director opposes bill to legalize hallucinogenic mushrooms, says more research needed
Dr. Nirav Shah expressed concerns, including limits the on DHHS to regulate use of psilocybin and what he said was too little input from behavioral and public health experts.
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Waterville pair arrested after more than $100,000 of fentanyl, crack found in hotel room, police say
Police say Alexander Rizza III, 33, and Kayley Orcutt, 28, possessed illicit drugs with a street value of more than $100,000.
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Four arrested after searches of Fairfield house turn up drugs, explosive device, police say
Officers arrest Derek Poirier, 40, on Sunday at his Winter Street house. A day later, police searched the house again and arrested another three suspects.
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Drug deaths in Portland hold steady
Overdose drug deaths in Portland held steady in 2020 as numbers increased by a third across the state. According to the Maine Drug Death Report for 2020, released last week, there were 56 overdose deaths in Portland in 2020, 80% of which involved opioids. There were 55 overdose deaths in the city in 2019, 57 […]
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Biden administration endorses bill to end disparity in drug sentencing between crack and powder cocaine
The legislation would eliminate the sentencing disparity and give people who were convicted or sentenced for a federal cocaine offense a resentencing.
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Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges
The charges include conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, as well as a money-laundering conspiracy charge.
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Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses
Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.
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More than $120,000 worth of fentanyl seized in Oakland drug bust
The fentanyl weighed approximately 1.4 pounds, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency said.