In four hours Tuesday, five heroin overdoses in Presque Isle

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

In the span of four hours on Tuesday, five people in Presque Isle overdosed on heroin, and one died as a result. Police are now investigating the source of the drugs.

Kathryn Lewandowski, 34, of Presque Isle died from the apparent overdose Tuesday, Presque Isle Police Chief Matt Irwin said Wednesday.

Between 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Dec. 27, police and emergency medical service personnel from The Aroostook Medical Center’s Crown Ambulance responded to the overdoses.

Other people in the households reported the individuals were unresponsive after taking heroin, and one individual “was coming out of it” when the officers arrived at the home, according to Irwin.

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Presque Isle is a small town in northern Maine - this is horrifying.

[tenorly]

1. Another legacy of the Shrub regime.

Whether they set out to or not, they certainly succeeded in turning Afghanistan in to the world's opium filed.

[mainer]

2. Exactly why we need legalized pot

It cuts the usage of narcotics.

[crazycatlady]

3. Maine just legalized pot

I don't think the law's taken effect yet though.

[jpak]

5. January - with or without LePutin's signature.

n/t

[haele]

4. Sounds like someone tainted the batch these people got a hold of.

Probably with fentynol, which seems to be part of most OD deaths recently. Unless someone is trying to get rid of heroin addicts, this is a tragic result of both a psychotic for-profit opioid prescription policy and the WoD.

Haele

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. This would be one good reason to legalize most, if not all, drugs

End the war on drugs, spend the money on education and rehabilitation.

Make drugs just another taxed intoxicant, remove the profit from gangs.

Regulate the drugs for harmful additives, and for consistent potency.

Legalization might not eliminate all problems, but it can eliminate stigma, wasteful incarceration, etc.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Yep, pot just as dangerous as heroin, sure thing