Belfast man's drug conviction vacated by court

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated a Belfast man's drug conviction because the state failed to prove Suboxone is a schedule W drug. As explained in the court's decision, Christopher Sudsbury was sentenced to serve eight years in prison for aggravated trafficking of a schedule W drug, Class A, after he sold a single strip of Suboxone for $25 to a confidential informant. Suboxone is used to treat opiate ...