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United States District Court District of Maine Prescription Drug Abuse in Maine The Federal Judicial Perspective Pharmaceutical overdose deaths outnumber motor vehicle deaths 236 of high school seniors have used someone elses prescription drugs ID: 921001

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Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr.

United States District Court

District of Maine

Prescription Drug Abuse in Maine:The Federal Judicial Perspective

Slide2

Pharmaceutical overdose deaths outnumber motor vehicle deaths

23.6% of high school seniors have used someone else’s prescription drugs

Over 500 babies suffer opiate withdrawal after birth

“A Cure with a Curse”

Today in Maine

Slide3

Type of

Offense

Incarceration

Maximum FineSupervised ReleaseFirst OffenseUp to 20 years$1,000,000

3 years to life

Second Offense

Up to 30 years

$2,000,000

6 years to life

Death or Serious Bodily

Injury20 years to lifeDeath or Serious Bodily Injury (if prior felony drug offense)Mandatory life sentence

Federal Criminal Law

Federal Sentences

Slide4

Federal Criminal Law

Slide5

Federal Criminal Law

Slide6

Federal Criminal Law

Maine Federal Drug Prosecutions

Slide7

Federal Criminal Law

Percentage of Drug Trafficking Defendants Cooperating with Law Enforcement

Slide8

Federal Criminal Law

Defendants by Gender, Nationally

Powder Cocaine

Meth & Other Drugs

Slide9

Federal Sentencing in Maine

Defendants Sentenced in 2010

for Prescription Drug Crimes

Southern Maine v. Northern Maine

Slide10

Federal Sentencing in Maine

Southern Maine v. Northern Maine

Drug trafficking prosecutions for prescription drugs ONLY:

Aroostook

Hancock

Kennebec

Piscataquis

Washington

Slide11

Federal Sentencing in Maine

Crack

Cocaine Prosecutions

August 2009 – September 2011Southern Maine

= 46

Slide12

Federal Sentencing in Maine

Crack

Cocaine Prosecutions

August 2009 – September 2011Southern Maine

= 1

= 46

Northern Maine

Slide13

Federal Sentencing in Maine

Violations of Supervised Release

for Prescription Drug Abuse

20.6%

38.2%

Slide14

Why & How?

Slide15

Why & How?

Age-old human desire to get high…

Slide16

Why & How?

Efficacy of opioid agonists…

Age-old human desire to get high

Slide17

Why & How?

Legal substance…

Age-old human desire to get high

Efficacy of

opiod

agonists

Slide18

Why & How?

Age-old human desire to get high

Legitimate source…

Legal substance

Efficacy of

opiod

agonists

Slide19

Why & How?

Efficacy of

opiod

agonists

Age-old human desire to get high

Legitimate source

Legal substance

Money…

Slide20

Why & How?

Efficacy of

opiod

agonists

Age-old human desire to get high

Legitimate source

Legal substance

Out-of-state sources…

Money

Slide21

Responses

Slide22

Responses

Criminalization…

Slide23

Responses

Criminalization

Treatment…

Slide24

Responses

Treatment

Drug Court…

Criminalization

Slide25

Solutions

Slide26

Solutions

Changes in the formula…

Slide27

Solutions

Changes in the formula

Advances in neurobiology…

Slide28

Advances in neurobiology

While we wait…

Changes in the formula

Solutions

Slide29

Advances in neurobiology

While we wait:

Changes in the formula

State and federal cooperation…

Solutions

Slide30

Advances in neurobiology

While we wait:

Changes in the formula

Education…

Solutions

State and federal cooperation

Slide31

Advances in neurobiology

While we wait:

Women and drugs…

Changes in the formula

Solutions

State and federal cooperation

Education

Slide32

Advances in neurobiology

While we wait:

Users and dealers…

Changes in the formula

Solutions

State and federal cooperation

Education

Women and drugs

Slide33

Advances in neurobiology

While we wait:

Other tools…

State and federal cooperation

Education

Women and drugs

Users and dealers

Changes in the formula

Solutions

Slide34

Federal Criminal Law

Far-reaching impact

Sentencing in Maine

Crime meets punishment

Defendants often speak

Reasons to hope…

Balancing individual fairness with societal justice