Data released this week by the U.S. CDC showed a 27% decrease in drug deaths nationwide from 2023 to 2024. Fatal overdoses in Maine dropped by 20%.
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Despite Trump’s claims, fentanyl smuggling not a major problem at northern border
The amount of the drug seized along the northern border, especially the region that includes Maine, represents a tiny fraction of all fentanyl seized.
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A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war
In Madawaska, at the state’s northern tip, fortunes are closely tied to its Canadian counterpart, Edmundston, across the St. John River.
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Gray man arrested for drug trafficking
Peter Petersen, 50, was arrested July 17 and fentanyl, amphetamine and methamphetamine was seized from his home.
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Family sues Cumberland County Jail leaders over man’s overdose death
James Mannion begged for suboxone for months before dying of a fentanyl overdose 2 years ago. His family says the Cumberland County Jail should have listened.
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Startup developing ‘vaccine’ to fight fentanyl addictions, overdoses
Fentanyl poisoning has been the leading cause of death for Americans between age 18 and 45 since 2019, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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In Atlanta to promote fentanyl actions, Yellen announces sanctions against Mexican cartel
New sanctions target members of La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel, a notoriously violent group.
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Despite fentanyl crackdown, Chinese sellers are open for business
A booming online marketplace in shipping small but potent packages of the chemicals used in the production of fentanyl from China to Mexico remains largely unhindered.
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Oregon governor signs bill recriminalizing drug possession into law
The new law rolls back a 2020 voter-approved measure by making so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail.
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Country music star and ex-drug dealer Jelly Roll urges Congress to pass anti-fentanyl bill
The “Need a Favor” singer appeared before Congress Thursday and delivered an impassioned statement urging lawmakers to pass an anti-fentanyl trafficking bill.