fentanyl
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PublishedJune 15, 2018
Man described as ringleader for New England drug trafficking pleads guilty
The 25-year-old man enters the plea in Rhode Island in a case that resulted in 26 other arrests.
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PublishedJune 10, 2018
Suspect spills fentanyl inside cruiser at Cumberland County Jail
He and a sheriff's deputy had to be medically evaluated after the incident, a jail official says.
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PublishedJune 1, 2018
Maine drug deaths remained high in early 2018, with fentanyl taking a bigger toll
There were 86 deaths, compared with 89 for the first three months of 2017, but more people died from fentanyl, the powerful synthetic painkiller, than in years past.
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PublishedMay 6, 2018
Authorities release mugshot of Westbrook man they say caused drug scare at jail
Brent Gross, 29, was being booked into the Cumberland County Jail when fentanyl he had on him went airborne, officials say.
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PublishedApril 8, 2018
Maine law enforcement officials warn of bad heroin after overdoses
Nine overdoses are reported across four counties in a single night, and three people have been arrested in Washington County.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2018
Five members of same midcoast family arrested in fentanyl bust
The suspects, who are from Warren and Friendship, obtained the powerful synthetic opioid in New Bedford, Mass., according to the MDEA.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2018
Drug overdoses killed a record 418 people in Maine last year
The number has doubled in just 3 years as Gov. LePage and other state leaders continue a pattern of slow response to the crisis.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2017
West Bath man gets 14 years in prison for ex-girlfriend’s fatal dose of heroin and fentanyl
Mickey Gilley, 35, is sentenced in U.S. District Court for distributing the drugs to the woman last year.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2017
Nonfatal overdose leads to drug bust in Lewiston-Auburn
Three Massachusetts residents are arrested following an investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2017
Accidental overdoses of fentanyl killed former Old Orchard Beach councilor, Saco woman
It's unclear whether Dana Furtado, 44, and Amber Morrow, 21, knew the substance was pure fentanyl, a painkiller up to 50 times as powerful as heroin.
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