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Pot-Sniffing Dogs Still Useful in CA, Officers Say

Legal marijuana is in the air across California, but local and state law enforcement agencies say they won’t retire their pot-sniffing narcotics dogs anytime soon.

June 13, 2017

Training

With Synthetic Opioids On the Rise, Feds Look to Protect First Responders

Some chemical agents used to process illicit drugs are so toxic that even non-users and emergency responders are at risk of an overdose, the Drug Enforcement Administration warned police departments across the United States this week.

June 9, 2017

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Colorado to Use Pot Tax Revenues to Fund Pot Busts

The first recreational pot market in the U.S. notched another marijuana first Thursday when Colorado started using marijuana taxes to fund police efforts to crack down on illegal growing operations.

June 9, 2017

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FDA Wants Opioid Painkiller Pulled Off Market

The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals must remove its powerful opioid painkiller Opana ER from the market due to "the public health consequences of abuse."

June 8, 2017

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PA Officers Rescue Child from SUV Teetering on Hill After Father ODs

An SUV with a child in the back seat nearly flipped over a steep hillside in Carrick, PA, on Monday afternoon when the driver and his passenger overdosed on suspected heroin while driving, according to police.

May 24, 2017

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NC Officers Discover Massive Opium Poppy Growing Operation

Deputies estimate that the plants found near Claremont are worth a half-billion dollars. They said some of the plants had been cut to allow collection of the opium resin.

May 23, 2017

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Video: NC Officers Discover Massive Opium Poppy Growing Operation

Deputies estimate that the plants found near Claremont are worth a half-billion dollars. They said some of the plants had been cut to allow collection of the opium resin.

May 23, 2017

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Video: Ohio Officer Accidentally Overdoses on Fentanyl

An East Liverpool, OH, Police officer, while responding to a drug-involved call Friday night, accidentally touched fentanyl and overdosed.

May 15, 2017

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Baltimore Homicide Detectives to Begin Investigating Drug Overdoses

For the first time, Baltimore police have begun investigating overdoses in an effort to trace drugs back to dealers, joining a wave of Maryland law enforcement agencies showing up at 911 calls previously left to medics.

May 3, 2017

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CO Marijuana DUIs Drop 33%, But Officials Still Concerned

The number of citations for driving while under the influence of marijuana in Colorado dropped by 33.2% in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year, but the number of people using marijuana and then driving continues to be a concern for Colorado officials

April 18, 2017

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Man Charged with Following, Firing on Ohio Narcotics Investigator

A coordinated investigation Thursday by three police agencies and the U.S. Marshals Service led to the arrest of a man accused of following and firing shots at a Stark County deputy taking part in a surveillance operation.

April 17, 2017

Patrol

FL Sheriff Makes Good on Viral Video Threat to Local Dealers

Lake County, FL, Sheriff Peyton Grinnell is keeping his promise to drug dealers: He’s coming for them.

April 17, 2017