Maine battles drug war

Mexican cartels send heroin, cocaine to coastal area
By Scott Kraft Tribune Newspapers
July 14, 2009

“In the past year, heroin has flooded Maine and New Hampshire as one-time Oxycontin addicts turn to heroin. A bag of heroin costs about $5 on the street here today, compared with $50 for an Oxycontin tablet.”Heroin arrests are up 100 percent from just three years ago,” Hamel said.”

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