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Traffic Safety Initiatives: Gabapentin Primer

The increasing use and misuse of gabapentin, an anticonvulsive medication, pose notable risks to public health and traffic safety. After obtaining U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 1993 fo...

Policy

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

Decriminalization and Beyond

In an era marked by the evolving landscape of drug policy and community well-being, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, recently embarked on a significant journey. This journey bears resem...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: MADD Impaired Driving Toolkit

Drivers impaired by alcohol and other drugs have been, and continue to be, a major highway and public safety problem. In 2021, there were 42,939 traffic fatalities, the most in any year since 2005. Of...

Drugs & Alcohol

What Law Enforcement Needs to Know About Kratom

In 2022, the Wetherington Law Firm filed civil action 22-A-1536 in the State Court of Cobb County, State of Georgia, for plaintiffs Dana Pope and John Pope, surviving parents of Ethan Pope, against 15...

Education & Training

Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals

According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 133.1 million people in the United States, ages 12 and older, repor...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Technology to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic

Communities across the world have long been plagued by the devastating impacts of illicit drugs on their citizens. Since the 1990s, the United States has been battling rising incidences of drug abu...

Drugs & Alcohol

UK Drug Line Suppression

County lines is a form of criminal exploitation that has come to prominence in the UK in the last decade due to increased media coverage and portrayals of the gangs involved in film and television. ...

Crime & Violence

Combating Drug-Facilitated Sex Trafficking of Runaway Youth

Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal enterprise in the world, with an estimated industry of $150 billion. The victims transcend age, race, and various social classes, and the perpetrators ...