As part of Barack Obama's weekly address, Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined the President to discuss prescription addiction, a disease that affects far too many Americans.
Maybe they should have invested in a GPS before getting anywhere near an international border with $20,000 worth of heroin.
That's correct, a simple wrong turn near the Maine/Canada border led to the arrest of two men from out of state on heroin charges by the US Customs and Border Patrol and the Maine DEA on March 6 at the crossing near Houlton.
Gov. Paul LePage yesterday (Jan. 19) signed a $3.7 million bill unanimously endorsed by lawmakers. The drug bill is in response to the growing number of overdoses and also the increase in demand for addiction treatment services in the state.
Dustin Woodworth is 30-years-old and, apparently, feels he's entitled to other people's stuff to help feed his drug habit. He's been indicted on 19 charges related to burglaries in Augusta, Chelsea and West Gardiner.
According to reports, it's another sad story about drugs taking a life. A man was found dead in the Burger King bathroom on Lisbon St. Lewiston due to an apparent drug overdose.
On Friday, January 16, 14 people were arrested on drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn. Yesterday (Monday), another 10 were swept up in L/A by local police and Feds.