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Focus on Officer Wellness: Cannabis-Induced Psychosis

Police agencies across the United States are seeing an increase in officers self-medicating with marijuana for stress and sleep. As marijuana legalization expands, an unintended yet serious consequenc...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Legal but Lethal

Across the United States, police officers are encountering a troubling pattern: drivers who show unmistakable signs of impairment, such as slurred speech, slowed reaction time, or poor coordination, y...

Technology

Digital Shadows

Complex military operations have one point in common with large-scale drug trafficking enterprises: they rely on swift and secured communications. The massive development over the past 10 years of ...

Education & Training

Syringe, plastic bags with white powder, assorted pills, and currency notes on surface, depicting evidence of suspected illegal drug activity

Safeguarding Officers Amid the Addiction Crisis

Along with other regions around the world, North America has been battling a historic crisis in addiction and overdose.1 The devastating human and financial toll of this crisis has received well-deser...

Drugs & Alcohol

Two uniformed officers walk side by side on the city subway line; background shows modern buildings, bus stops, digital signs, and urban infrastructure

The Troubling Drug-Transit Convergence

The expansive U.S. rail network—long a symbol of economic development and connectivity—is increasingly being exploited for the transportation and distribution of illicit narcotics. Rail transit sy...

Drugs & Alcohol

The Transnational Phenomenon of Drug Trafficking

Drug trafficking is a highly complex, transnational, and constantly changing criminal practice, posing continuous and substantial challenges to public security forces. This is a phenomenon that direct...

Drugs & Alcohol

Two officers in dark uniforms; one holds a camera, the other displays clear plastic bottle with green and white capsules, documenting seized evidence

Closing the Drug Intelligence Gap

In 2018, Ohio had the fifth highest age-adjusted drug poisoning (overdose) mortality rate in the United States, with 39,257 suspected fatal and nonfatal drugs poisonings (13–14 fatal poisonings a da...

Drugs & Alcohol

Clear bag labeled 'Fentanyl' in blue ink beside beige powder pile and capped syringe, all placed on a dark surface, highlighting drug evidence

The Synthetic Storm

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl and its analogs have fueled a surge of overdose deaths, devastating communities across the United States. More than 200 people in the United States—parents, neighbors...