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
Slide2Pharmaceutical 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
Slide3Type 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
Slide4Federal Criminal Law
Slide5Federal Criminal Law
Slide6Federal Criminal Law
Maine Federal Drug Prosecutions
Slide7Federal Criminal Law
Percentage of Drug Trafficking Defendants Cooperating with Law Enforcement
Slide8Federal Criminal Law
Defendants by Gender, Nationally
Powder Cocaine
Meth & Other Drugs
Slide9Federal Sentencing in Maine
Defendants Sentenced in 2010
for Prescription Drug Crimes
Southern Maine v. Northern Maine
Slide10Federal Sentencing in Maine
Southern Maine v. Northern Maine
Drug trafficking prosecutions for prescription drugs ONLY:
Aroostook
Hancock
Kennebec
Piscataquis
Washington
Slide11Federal Sentencing in Maine
Crack
Cocaine Prosecutions
August 2009 – September 2011Southern Maine
= 46
Slide12Federal Sentencing in Maine
Crack
Cocaine Prosecutions
August 2009 – September 2011Southern Maine
= 1
= 46
Northern Maine
Slide13Federal Sentencing in Maine
Violations of Supervised Release
for Prescription Drug Abuse
20.6%
38.2%
Slide14Why & How?
Slide15Why & How?
Age-old human desire to get high…
Slide16Why & How?
Efficacy of opioid agonists…
Age-old human desire to get high
Slide17Why & How?
Legal substance…
Age-old human desire to get high
Efficacy of
opiod
agonists
Slide18Why & How?
Age-old human desire to get high
Legitimate source…
Legal substance
Efficacy of
opiod
agonists
Slide19Why & How?
Efficacy of
opiod
agonists
Age-old human desire to get high
Legitimate source
Legal substance
Money…
Slide20Why & How?
Efficacy of
opiod
agonists
Age-old human desire to get high
Legitimate source
Legal substance
Out-of-state sources…
Money
Slide21Responses
Slide22Responses
Criminalization…
Slide23Responses
Criminalization
Treatment…
Slide24Responses
Treatment
Drug Court…
Criminalization
Slide25Solutions
Slide26Solutions
Changes in the formula…
Slide27Solutions
Changes in the formula
Advances in neurobiology…
Slide28Advances in neurobiology
While we wait…
Changes in the formula
Solutions
Slide29Advances in neurobiology
While we wait:
Changes in the formula
State and federal cooperation…
Solutions
Slide30Advances in neurobiology
While we wait:
Changes in the formula
Education…
Solutions
State and federal cooperation
Slide31Advances in neurobiology
While we wait:
Women and drugs…
Changes in the formula
Solutions
State and federal cooperation
Education
Slide32Advances in neurobiology
While we wait:
Users and dealers…
Changes in the formula
Solutions
State and federal cooperation
Education
Women and drugs
Slide33Advances in neurobiology
While we wait:
Other tools…
State and federal cooperation
Education
Women and drugs
Users and dealers
Changes in the formula
Solutions
Slide34Federal Criminal Law
Far-reaching impact
Sentencing in Maine
Crime meets punishment
Defendants often speak
Reasons to hope…
Balancing individual fairness with societal justice