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Raymond, 34, shoots a mixture of fentanyl and heroin into his neck late on the night of September 10, 2022 at the homeless encampment. Ray, as his friends call him, does not want his last name identified, has been living in various homeless encampments throughout the greater Waterville area. There has been a sharp rise in IV drug use in central Maine and Fentanyl is responsible for 77 percent of the overdose deaths reported in the state since 2020.