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Tag: fentanyl

Posted inMaine Focus

Police dogs aren’t trained to detect the deadly drug fueling Maine overdoses

by Callie Ferguson July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than heroin and is driving a rise in overdoses, but dogs can’t safely be trained to identify it.

Posted inPolitics

Maine’s opioid response held up as a model despite worsening crisis

by Caitlin Andrews July 11, 2022July 11, 2022
Posted inNews

Mainers are more frequently overdosing from drugs this year

by Patty Wight, Maine Public July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
Posted inCentral Maine

Lewiston woman charged after her toddler overdosed on heroin or fentanyl

by CBS 13 June 7, 2022June 7, 2022
Posted inPenobscot

6 accused of trafficking fentanyl in Penobscot County

by Christopher Burns June 3, 2022June 3, 2022
Posted inBangor

Holden police make largest drug bust in the town’s history

by CBS 13 May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Posted inCentral Maine

Pair accused of trafficking nearly 2 pounds of fentanyl hidden in crackers box

by Christopher Burns April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
Posted inCentral Maine

Autopsy: Woman found at end of Fairfield driveway last summer died of accidental overdose

by Leela Stockley April 6, 2022April 7, 2022
Posted inNation

States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep rising

by The Associated Press April 3, 2022April 3, 2022
Posted inYork

Sanford man accused of trafficking 2 pounds of fentanyl

by Christopher Burns March 25, 2022March 25, 2022
Posted inCentral Maine

Maine woman accused of trafficking $800,000 worth of meth in Nebraska

by CBS 13 March 11, 2022March 11, 2022
Posted inCentral Maine

7-month-old Bethel baby hospitalized after ingesting fentanyl

by CBS 13 March 7, 2022March 7, 2022
Posted inNation

Doctors dispute police warning that touching fentanyl can kill you

by Tribune Content Agency January 24, 2022January 24, 2022
Posted inNews

Maine saw a record number of overdose deaths in 2021

by Kevin Miller, Maine Public January 19, 2022January 19, 2022
Posted inNew England

After a 13-year-old overdosed at a Connecticut prep school, police found nearly 40 bags of fentanyl on site

by Tribune Content Agency January 14, 2022January 14, 2022
Prescription drug in a box against a blue background.
Posted inYork

York County Jail will give ‘harm reduction bags’ with Narcan to every person released

by Susan Sharon, Maine Public December 9, 2021December 9, 2021
Posted inNew England

Vermont police warn of fentanyl-laced marijuana after overdose

by The Associated Press November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inNation

US overdose deaths topped 100,000 over the span of a year

by The Associated Press November 17, 2021November 17, 2021
Posted inHancock

Trenton woman pleads guilty to her role in eastern Maine drug trafficking ring

by Bill Trotter September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
Posted inBangor

2 children placed in state custody after drug raid at Bangor apartment

by Christopher Burns August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

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