For some reason, for the many years I’ve lived in Maine Lewiston has been known as the town that attracts drug dealers and unsavory characters. I don’t know why. It’s similar to a lot of other old mill towns in the state.
Maine certainly does have a problem with suicides. That’s why it was so upsetting when the state of Maine cut NAMI Maine’s funding for suicide prevention by 2/3. It’s put the agency in a very tenuous financial situation. 