Posted on 02/02/2023 3:46:28 PM PST by Steven Scharf
Drug Overdoses For January Break Record [Portland Maine]
The Portland Police Department responded to 56 drug overdose calls (six fatal) in January of 2023, 11 more than a year ago and 34 more (22) than in 2021. Narcan, an overdose-reversal drug, was administered 38 of the 56 cases and was also issued in two of the six fatal cases.
The Portland Police Department continues to work with its state and federal law enforcement partners in rooting out drug trafficking in our city. In 2022, the agencies removed approximately 28 ounces of methamphetamine, 22 ounces of cocaine products, 1.5 ounces of heroin, 45 ounces of fentanyl and over 1,000 various prescription pills from the Portland streets. Enough to kill 600,000 people.
“Our department continues to work with all agencies in an effort to reduce the amount of drugs on our streets,” said Interim Police Chief Heath Gorham. “Fentanyl is a drug that can be fatal at micrograms, and our agencies were able to seize almost three pounds off the streets last year.
Overdose numbers/Fatalities 2020 294/36 2021 331/21 2022 518/51 Jan. 2023 56/6 (If these numbers hold, we are on pace for 672 overdoses and 72 fatalities in 2023)
If you or someone you know is using opioids, please familiarize yourself with the signs of an opioid-related overdose. These include unresponsiveness, blue lips and/or fingernails, slow or no heartbeat, slow or no breathing, pale/clammy skin, and pinpoint pupils. If you suspect an overdose, please call 911 immediately and seek medical attention. Maine law protects people who seek medical assistance in such circumstances from being arrested or prosecuted for certain drug law violations.
Narcan is available at pharmacies without a prescription. Additionally, the Portland Public Health Division offers no-cost Narcan as well as Overdose Recognition & Response training. To schedule a training and/or obtain Narcan, please contact Kerri Barton, Portland Public Health’s Harm Reduction Services Program Coordinator at (207) 541-6952, or kbarton@portlandmaine.gov.
For more information on overdose prevention and response, please contact Chronic Disease Prevention Program Manager, Bridget Rauscher, at bnevers@portlandmaine.gov.
Unused or expired prescription medication can be safely disposed of 24/7 in the Portland Police Department lobby. The department also staffs a Substance Use Disorder Liaison as part of its Behavioral Health Unit. For more information, email Bill Burns wburns@portlandmaine.gov.
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Our current Interim Police Chief has been very forthcoming in providing this kind of information with out making politcal statements. They regulary post these press releases on thier Facebook page. There are alreay 70 comments on today's post.
I would want to know if the keep stats on how many people have been adminstered Narcan more than once.
Portland has turned into a leftist shqqhole
All of this brought to you by a former (?) coke head Governor and her COMMIE STUGE in Portland City Hall! They must really love those ILLEGALS or you must ask WHAT’S IN IT FOR THEM?
Personally I think that intentional overdoses should not be treated and if the subject dies and the drugs are illegal the dealer of the drugs should be charged for homiside.
Clean out the gene-pool and save the tax-payer some money. Of course the courthouse crowd will miss some of their major earners.
China and the Mexican cartels, with the help of the Manchurian President, are waging war on the United States.
I grew up in the Greater Portland area. It’s changed. Much for the worse. It’s interesting to compare the real Portland to what’s portrayed in the glossy Portland magazine.
They broke the record. They’re famous!
Making it legal was not a good idea.
They need to stop it with the narcan. F’ the idiots doing the drugs.
Exactly. One sided war.
“China remains the primary source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked through international mail and express consignment operations environment, as well as the main source for all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States,” the DEA report says.Jan 8, 2023
On Congressman Gary Trone’s website:
“Not only is China not doing enough to contain this industry. They are actually encouraging this industry through a series of tax breaks, subsidies, and other grants,” Mr. Westhoff said.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid, up to 50 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times stronger than morphine. Manufacturers of illegal drugs add fentanyl to heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines, and other drugs to make the drugs more powerful and cheaper to produce.
Just two milligrams of the synthetic opioid—equivalent to 10–15 grains of table salt—is considered a lethal dose. Laboratory testing is the only way to know how much fentanyl is concentrated in a pill or powder.
Fentanyl has remained the leading cause of death for Americans aged between 18 and 45 since 2019, surpassing suicide, car accidents, COVID-19, and cancer, according to CDC data compiled by the U.S. advocacy group Families Against Fentanyl in a December 2021 report.
Close the border!
Declare the cartels criminal terrorist organizations!
Send in the Troops!
Perfect weapon.
Perhaps
I agree with the marijuanna starting point - it doesnt matter if legal or not.
They would still get it. Cops and society have given up on marijuanna.
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