Sheriff's Department: Heroin Seizures Tripled in Putnam County in Past Two Years

Published March 22, 2014

Sheriff's Department: Heroin Seizures Tripled in Putnam County in Past Two Years
According to investigators, it appears that more stringent controls placed on doctors and pharmacies for dispensing high-potency prescription pain medications made it more difficult to obtain these drugs by users and sellers. Those addicted to those …
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Texting tip program lets midcoast teens anonymously report underage drinking …
THORNDIKE, Maine — Police are hoping that a new anonymous tip line might help teenagers reach out for help when they believe a friend or a classmate is doing something dangerous. “Nobody likes to be told on for doing … The program is funded through …
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The huge red flag that sometimes gets ignored
In the pre-dawn hours of May 5, 2009, Jasmine Bedwell had to make a decision: Take more blows or more chokes — but try to rescue her son from the clutches of her enraged boyfriend — or go find help. She left and borrowed … On March 29, 2010, 10 …
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