Police seized more than a pound of fentanyl after stopping the car in Sidney in March 2021.
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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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Emergency workers revive drug overdose victim along Waterville road amid uptick in cases
Waterville Fire Chief Shawn Esler said emergency workers have administered 18 doses of Narcan to overdose victims this year so far, whereas last year, they administered a total of 13 for the total year.
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Warrants lead to drug bust in Augusta
Four men were arrested after a search Tuesday of a Water Street apartment building.
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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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Benton man sentenced to 27 months in prison in drug case
Prosecutor: Daniel Hall, 32, distributed cocaine and marijuana Jan. 29 to a confidential informant at Green Thumb Organics, the medical marijuana store Hall owned in Waterville. Hall no longer owns the store, according to sources.
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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.