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Each year, popular culture news outlets such as Maxim magazine often involve the biggest “party” universities in the United States. Many of these universities are located in smaller towns througho...
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According to a recent forecast, as many as 650,000 people in the United States will die from opioid overdoses over the next 10 years. Some 50,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2016. When that f...
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Drug trafficking and drug abuse have always posed a challenge for law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. We have all repeatedly borne witness to the human toll that drug abuse has ta...
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The use of synthetic opioid analogues is emerging as a means to concentrate the effect, and hence profits, of heroin and other oft-abused drugs. The word “opium” is derived from the ancient Greek ...
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One estimate puts the costs for traffic crashes at $230 billion each year in medical expenses, lost productivity, property damage, and related costs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
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In the “old days,” organized crime was exclusively synonymous with La Cosa Nostra, and organized-crime figures focused their energies on prostitution and gambling. Back then, violence was present ...
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Confidential informants are crucial to many law enforcement investigations and are especially essential in the field of narcotics investigations. Informants can provide specific information that is si...