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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Posted inThe Forecaster
Drug deaths in Portland hold steady
Overdose drug deaths in Portland held steady in 2020 as numbers increased by a third across the state. According to the Maine Drug Death Report for 2020, released last week, there were 56 overdose deaths in Portland in 2020, 80% of which involved opioids. There were 55 overdose deaths in the city in 2019, 57 […]
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Posted inNation & World
Biden administration endorses bill to end disparity in drug sentencing between crack and powder cocaine
The legislation would eliminate the sentencing disparity and give people who were convicted or sentenced for a federal cocaine offense a resentencing.
Posted inNation & World
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.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath, Brunswick police gain new tool to reduce fentanyl overdoses
Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
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.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Forty-nine people charged in connection with New York-Maine drug network
The New York-based Bully Gang allegedly distributed large quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York to Maine from 2017 to 2020.
Posted inMaine, News
Advocates urge Portland to reconsider needle exchange policy
The city allows clients to receive only the same number of clean needles as the used needles they turn in, unless they qualify for an exemption.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine employers ease off testing as cannabis sales soar
Large employers such as Bath Iron Works and MaineHealth no longer test workers for the active ingredient in marijuana unless safety needs or federal rules require it.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Maine recovery coalition makes decriminalizing drug possession a legislative priority
Rep. Anne Perry, a Democrat from Calais, is sponsoring a bill to make possession a civil offense, not a crime.