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Here. there's a clinic here where they're literally trying to stop people from dying today. people are going to vote on that. >> we're hoping they are. maine certainly has been hit really hard by deindustrialization. so with the collapse of the mill economies, people are trying to escape. they're trying to escape from the stress of their everyday lives and, you know, drugs is an easy way to do. >> in a way, what that guy said to me on the porch outside of the coffee shop, that when he mentioned fentanyl use, it's not just about fentanyl use. it's about the economy here. it's about the struggle...

Where there used to be a thriving paper mill, so we're heading there. we drove here to this place, which is the great northern paper mill, or at least it used to be. when we were checking it out, we were looking down here, and this is mike, who is out here fishing, i guess. right, mike? >> yeah, doing a little small-mouth fishing. >> how many people think lost their jobs when this place closed? >> oh, it's in the thousands. this is downtown millinocket. >> the district's former congressman is mike ma shadow, w machaud and he showed me around town. >> millinocket and three towns were at one poi...