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MAINE AUTHORITIES WARN OF DANGEROUS DRUGS PRESSED INTO PILLS & CANDY-LIKE SHAPES


IN ONE EXAMPLE, PILLS SHAPED LIKE GRENADES AND ALIEN HEADS IN BRIGHT COLORS LIKE
PURPLE AND GREEN HAVE TURNED UP IN SOUTHERN MAINE

BY DUSTIN WLODKOWSKI • PUBLISHED MARCH 3, 2022 • UPDATED ON MARCH 3, 2022 AT
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Over the past year, federal drug enforcement investigators have found more and
more illegal and potentially deadly drugs pressed into pills, some of which look
like they’re meant for children.

In one example, pills shaped like grenades and alien heads in bright colors like
purple and green have turned up in southern Maine during what officials at the
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s New England Division call "normal” casework that
occurred within the past few months.

"It’s an ongoing investigation, those are pressed pills that tested with an
illicit substance in them," said Robert Prouty, a group supervisor with the
federal DEA, explaining that dangerous substances like methamphetamine and
fentanyl have been found in the pills.

"It’s very concerning," he said of the pills’ shapes that allude to products
like children’s vitamins.

Both Prouty and Maine’s Director of Opioid Response, Gordon Smith, say the
discovery of the pills points to the timeliness of a federal campaign that
states like Maine are participating in called "One Pill Can Kill," which urges
people to only get medicine or drugs from qualified professionals.

"These pills, if they have two milligrams of fentanyl in them, a person that
doesn’t have any tolerance at all to opioids is going to die," said Smith,
adding that Maine officials called the appearance of the pills "alarming" but
not surprising because similar ones have been found in other states.


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"We need to do more to encourage more people to get into treatment because the
supply is just too dangerous," he explained, noting that 77% of Maine’s opioid
deaths in 2021 were caused by fentanyl.

"If it’s not prescribed by a doctor or it’s not something legitimately purchased
through stores, it could be a counterfeit pill that’s very very dangerous," said
Prouty, adding that a number of the fake pills his office is investigating were
purchased either "on street corners" or through social media.

Some of them have also been pressed into non-descript tables, not just forms
that look like they’re intended for children.

Prouty also said that people should not be "nervous about taking legitimate
prescribed medications," and urged anyone who may have discovered some of the
illegal pills to contact their area’s local or state police.

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