Violence is the 'tip of the iceberg' of Washington County's drug problem

As the county with the third smallest population in Maine, accounting for about 2.3 percent of the state’s total, Washington County is seeing an outsized portion of the problem. The recent shootings and killings — and the degree to which the illegal drug trade factors into them — stand out in the county.

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