They say the heroin likely contains a type of veterinary animal tranquilizer, which if injected can cause necrotic wounds, serious injury or death.
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Boom in overdose-reversing drug is linked to fewer deaths
The United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in its history.
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Church of the Safe Injection founder arrested
Jesse Harvey was charged July 23 with OUI, and July 24 for assault, according to WGME.
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Jay woman pleads guilty to selling cocaine, heroin
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman pleaded guilty Thursday to selling cocaine and heroin from her apartment at 446 Main St. in Jay on July 30, 2018. Angie Braley, 38, also entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of violation condition of release in Franklin County Superior Court. She had been indicted in October 2018 on […]
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Two men arrested after suspected heroin death in Auburn
AUBURN — Authorities on Monday charged two men with drug trafficking after a 29-year-old man on Riverside Drive died from an apparent heroin overdose Sunday morning. An investigation by Auburn detectives and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency led police to search the home of Kevin M. Camp, 41, at 26 Fifth St. in Auburn, where […]
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Two charged with dealing heroin, cocaine in Jay
JAY — Two people were arrested on drug-trafficking charges Thursday after agents found what they suspect was crack cocaine and heroin at a home on Belanger Road, according to a police affidavit. William Farnam, 32, of Jay and Denise Grant, 39, of New Sharon were each charged with two felony counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, […]
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Auburn woman pleads guilty to heroin trafficking conspiracy
Sierrha Frisbie, 26, faces up to 20 years in federal prison, the U.S. attorney says.
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Nine arrested in Rumford-Mexico drug sweep
RUMFORD — Nine people were arrested in Rumford and Mexico on Monday evening in a drug sweep that netted cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and $20,000 cash, police said. The coordinated operationg by Maine Drug Enforcement agents and state, county and local police was part of a monthlong investigation into drug trafficking by local and out-of-state residents. […]
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Livermore Falls woman pleads guilty to dragging Jay officer
FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to dragging a Jay police officer about 50 feet when he attempted to put a vehicle she was driving into park during a traffic stop. Melissa J. Couture, 34, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to three felony counts of assaulting an officer, eluding an […]
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Lewiston counselor hopes his hot-air heroin balloon will prompt a different outlook on solving addiction
It’s a metaphor that just keeps on giving. A few years ago, artist Michael Libby began thinking about the heroin epidemic in terms of a hot-air balloon floating into uncertainty. He had lost a brother to a heroin overdose and he responded to that tragedy in a variety of ways. He walked the perimeters of […]