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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
New York man sentenced for conspiring to distribute drugs in central Maine
Jamie “Booger” Betances, of Rochester, N.Y., was sentenced to 126 months in prison and three years of supervised release by Judge John A. Woodcock.
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Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
Opioid distributors propose $10 billion to end state claims
The National Association of Attorneys General – handling talks on behalf of more than 35 states – counter with a demand for $45 billion to cover costs from the public-health crisis of opioid addiction and overdoses, sources say.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
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.
Posted inNation & World
Watch Coast Guardsman leap onto moving ‘narco-submarine’ full of cocaine
The cartel-funded semisubmersible vessels haul huge amounts of illegal drugs into the United States.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Police seize more than 50 pounds of opioids, cocaine in Massachusetts
Fourteen people are arrested in a takedown of a major opioid trafficking operation that sold drugs throughout the Northeast.