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Spate of Drugged Driving Deaths Alarms U.S. Regulators

The percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade, raising alarms as five states are set to vote on legalization of marijuana.

October 28, 2016

Patrol

Puerto Rico Sergeant Slain, 2 Officers Wounded in Shootout With Drug Traffickers

Sgt. Luis Meléndez-Maldonado was shot and killed as he and other agents were conducting a narcotics trafficking investigation in Humacao, Puerto Rico.

October 17, 2016

Technology

Hound Labs: Sniffing Out Marijuana

POLICE

The Hound is completely different in that it measures the amount of THC in a person's breath – which stays there for only a matter of hours at most. It measures blood alcohol content through breath as well.

October 10, 2016

Special Units

CT SWAT Officers Breathe in Fentanyl, Heroin During Drug Raid

A flash-bang grenade tossed into a stash house in Hartford, CT, Tuesday night kicked up powdered fentanyl and heroin that SWAT officers raiding the building breathed in, police said.

September 15, 2016

Technology

Hound Labs Inc. Announces Successful Field Trials of Marijuana Breathalyzer with Law Enforcement

Hound Labs Inc. announced today that it has field-tested its marijuana breathalyzer, tested by law enforcement at the roadside, and the portable breathalyzer can detect and measure recently consumed THC in breath from consumption of both smoked and edible marijuana products.

September 13, 2016

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Legal Weed States Have Trouble Defining "High" Driving

It turns out, measuring a person's THC is actually a poor indicator of intoxication. Unlike alcohol, THC gets stored in your fat cells, and isn't water-soluble like alcohol, says Thomas Marcotte, co-director of The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California, San Diego.

September 7, 2016

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California Crime Measure Results in 52,000 Fewer Arrests, Crime Rate Rising

Recent state Department of Justice statistics show the number of felony arrests plummeted 28.5 percent last year, while misdemeanor arrests rose about 9 percent over 2014. That resulted in 52,000 fewer arrests overall and the lowest arrest rate since record-keeping began in 1960.

August 23, 2016

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DEA Says "No" to Loosening Marijuana Restrictions

The gap between permissive state laws and a restrictive federal policy has become increasingly untenable in the minds of many doctors, patients, researchers, business owners, and legislators.

August 11, 2016

Patrol

Video: Deputies Rammed by Suspect Justified In Opening Fire During Drug Sting

Centeno started the car and rammed the Cave Springs officer's truck, causing the officer to fall to the ground. The suspect then swerved the car toward the deputy who told him to show his hands and continued to swerve until he struck the deputy.

June 2, 2016

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Deputies Rammed by Suspect Justified In Opening Fire During Drug Sting

Benton County, AR, deputies were justified in opening fire during a "sting" operation in a Walmart parking lot during which the suspect hit two officers with his car and fled, the Benton County prosecutor said Tuesday. More Here.

June 2, 2016

Special Units

FBI Finds $2.3 million Linked to Drug Ring in House Near Disneyland

About a block from Disneyland, federal agents seized $2.3 million in cash that allegedly came from a drug-trafficking and money-laundering group with links to the hometown of the notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, authorities said.

May 16, 2016

Patrol

Chicago Police Making Fewest Drug Arrests in Decades

Chicago Police are on pace to make 13,000 narcotics arrests by year’s end. That would be the smallest annual tally since 1973, two years after President Richard Nixon declared a national war on drugs.

May 10, 2016