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Baileyville woman pleads guilty in deal with prosecutors in crooked cop case

by Bill Trotter March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Sylvia Moores, 39, reached a plea agreement in the case against Jeffrey Bishop, a former police officer arrested in February of 2021.

Annual drug overdose deaths in US top 100,000 for first time

by CQ-Roll Call November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

News

It’s no longer illegal to possess needles used for drugs in Maine

by Nick Schroeder October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

Drug overdose deaths in July top 50 again, with a quarter in Penobscot County

by Judy Harrison August 31, 2021August 31, 2021

York

Nearly 4 pounds of fentanyl seized in Sanford

by Lynne Fort August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Monday, July 12, 2021: An all-too-common story, welcoming LePage to the race, oppose Frenchman Bay fish farm

by Opinion Contributor July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

Prosecutor: Officers found fentanyl in Corinna infant’s playpen and on her teddy bear

by Lia Russell July 2, 2021July 2, 2021

Thursday, June 24, 2021: Agreeing on climate action, fund infrastructure not drug war, looking for a GOP explanation

by Opinion Contributor June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

News

Maine is the latest state to consider decriminalizing drugs

by Leela Stockley April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

Hancock man charged in FBI drug sweep sentenced to 30 months in federal prison

by Eesha Pendharkar December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

York

State police found lots of fentanyl, and no heroin, on southern Maine turnpike this summer

by Callie Ferguson September 22, 2020September 23, 2020

Bangor, Health, News, State

The troubling effects of the opioid crisis on Maine children

by Eesha Pendharkar October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Bangor, Maine Focus, Nation, News, Portland, State

Maine has $2M for recovery homes. None in the Bangor region qualifies.

by Erin Rhoda September 9, 2019November 13, 2019

Health, Nation, National Politics, News

Janet Mills praises Trump administration shift to allow prescription drugs from Canada

by The Washington Post July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Health, News, State

Report: Overdose deaths dropped 14 percent in Q1 in Maine

by The Associated Press July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

She could have gone to prison. Here’s the path she took instead.

by Callie Ferguson July 11, 2019July 15, 2020

Midcoast, News, State

Maine will soon offer medication-assisted treatment to inmates struggling with opioid addiction

by Lauren Abbate June 4, 2019June 3, 2019

Trial in Oklahoma’s lawsuit against opioid makers underway

by The Associated Press May 28, 2019

Bangor, Health, News

6 months old and still unauthorized, ‘Church of Safe Injection’ expands

by Eesha Pendharkar April 27, 2019April 26, 2019

Opinion, Opinion Contributor

We lost our son to heroin. Be vigilant so you don’t join our ‘club.’

by Opinion Contributor March 25, 2019March 25, 2019