02-09-18 Chief Phillip Crowell, Jr.
Part 1: Auburn Police Chief Phillip Crowell, Jr. joins Ray and Joe to discuss the drug problem in Maine and our country. The Chief says that the starting point is marijuana and how it is just the beginning of the addiction. They also touch on the drugs coming into the country by people buying the online and not knowing exactly is in these drugs. Fox News Radio’s Rachel Sutherland joins us and gives us a brief update on the Government shutdown extension and what is going on in Washington.
Part 2: The discussion turns to marijuana and how they are taking the drugs out of marijuana so people can’t get high from it and how it will be used.
Part 3: Ray, Joe and the Chief talk about the economic demographics. Chief Crowell says that if they are in the residence because of another call, it could turn into a drug call because of something they find. Joe talks about over prescribing of opiates and how that lead to addictions. Hospitals are rated partly on pain management.
Part 4: Joe says that most of the oxy is coming in from other countries. A listener’s has a question for the Chief and he answers it with a several point answer.