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Betsy Chapman's avatar

NYTimes regarding Portland. This won’t help at the start of the tourist season.

Faces From a Meth Surge

The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can reverse a meth overdose. Nor has any been approved to treat meth…

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/health/meth-portland-maine.html

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Betsy Chapman's avatar

The crime rate was the only question our Paris taxi driver asked about. Any thoughts of the perceived level of danger of visiting the US? That may be discouraging some tourists from visiting.

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Dennis Marble's avatar

Agree with and appreciate your concluding statement.

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