Drug Interdiction / Narcotics
The Drug Interdiction / Narcotics topic covers all aspects of drug enforcement, from highway or border interdiction to undercover infiltration into gangs or drug cartels. From marijuana and cocaine to prescription pills and heroin, this topic covers it all.
What can officers do to protect themselves while investigating drug-related crimes?
Being able to test for drugs at the scene of an arrest allows officers to protect themselves and spot the guilty while saving time and money on lab tests
If a person commits a low-level crime to support an opiate addiction, they can avoid arrest if they are willing to enter a treatment program
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Oregon has been on the leading edge of the decades-long push to loosen marijuana laws
Program aims to help prevent addiction, overdose deaths and diversion of drugs to criminals
Singer addressed her recent drug arrest in a rambling speech during a show in Houston, Texas
Singer spent Wednesday night at the Hudspeth County jail after a Border Patrol drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in her tour bus
Australian police are finding it easier to crack down on illegal marijuana possession
Police did not buy a woman’s story that she was unaware marijuana grew in her garden
Court records say one of the police detectives received a text Wednesday morning asking if he knew anyone looking for drugs
Police are trying to determine if a contaminated batch of PCP is going around Camden
An unidentified gunman killed a convicted drug trafficker who was one of the first to bring the drug into the United States
UHP troopers observed a small bag inside a suspect’s shoe from which he took a pill
Certain neighborhoods in High Point, NC, were known for years as toxic to the community until these nine steps caused a dramatic turnaround
The resilient green marijuana plants “stick out like a sore thumb” in dry conditions
Washington state’s voters are to consider whether to legalize the fun use of pot for adults
State is last remaining holdout to monitoring program; state Sen. concerned over privacy of information
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