Reports of stolen pain pills have become a weekly, if not daily, occurrence in police departments around Maine. While some reports are legitimate, police have no doubt that many of them, perhaps most, are false.
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Jailed addicts put wrench in the works
Providing treatment, monitoring withdrawal and stopping smuggling complicate the system.
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Jails learning how to deal with prescription drug abuse
BANGOR — Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross remembers when running a jail was almost as simple as locking people up.
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Painkiller junkies fuel rise in violent robberies
Two armed robberies were enough for Chester Hibbard.
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Doctors improvise treating drug-affected babies
The physicians who care for Maine’s growing number of drug-affected babies didn’t learn what to do in medical school or from medical journals.
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Addiction’s tiniest victims
BANGOR — Mariah arrived this summer, on schedule and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
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Pain pill addiction torments even the most innocent
BANGOR — Mariah arrived this summer, on schedule and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces.
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Drug-affected babies present problems
The physicians who care for Maine’s growing number of drug-affected babies didn’t learn what to do in medical school, or from medical journals.
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Cellphone users may face more radiation risks
PORTLAND — Cellphone users may be in more danger from low-level radiation than they’re being told, researchers and public health advocates said Monday during a presentation at the University of Southern Maine.
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‘It was like he was somebody else’
SOUTH BERWICK — Matty Rix grew up in a community that had much to offer a happy, adventurous boy.