If Ortiz swings her ax and other towns rush to follow Essex’s example, perhaps dispensaries will be located only on mountaintops and offshore rafts.
Essex County
100 MARIJUANA OVERDOSES (IN THE FANTASY WORLD OF DA BLODGETT)
The Daily News of Newburyport reports that Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett told a roomful of people that “the increased potency of cannabis … which is often laced with high percentages of THC, ecstasy or crystal meth” has been in part responsible for 100 heroin overdoses in his jurisdiction this year alone.