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March 2018

Guest Editors: James Baker, Nicole LeFort, and
Daneen Matheson

As the world faces a growing opioid crisis and as drug-related legislation, particularly with reference to marijuana, continues to change, law enforcement is challenged to handle these complex issues in ways that prevent crime, protect their communities, and preserve public safety while also helping those experiencing substance use disorders.

Articles

  • Leading a Community Solution to a Community Problem

    By Michael E. Botieri, Chief of Police, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Police Department; Scott C. Allen, Chief of Police, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Police Department; Sean Varano, Roger Williams University; Pamela Kelley, Stonehill College; and Patrick Nevins, Plymouth Country District Attorney's Office
    The current opioid epidemic did not start overnight, and the situation has continued to progress significantly over the past two decades. Since the late 1990s, chiefs of police have battled this epide...

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  • Opioid Distribution on the Dark Web

    By Mike Prado, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, Washington, DC, and former IACP Visiting Fellow
    Since its creation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has had a longstanding commitment to safeguard public safety and protect people from t...

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  • New Challenges and Old Solutions: Combating Drugged Driving

    By Chuck Hayes and Kyle Clark, Project Managers, Drug Evaluation and Classification Program, IACP, and Robert Ticer, Chief, Loveland, Colorado, Police Department and Chair, DRE Technical Advisory Panel
    Driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) is having a serious impact on roadway safety as never before. In the United States, the involvement of drug-impaired drivers in automobile crashes is at an ...

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  • Pre-Arrest Diversion: The Long Overdue Collaboration Between Police and Treatment

    By Jac Charlier, National Director for Justice Initiatives, Center for Health and Justice at TASC; Greg Frost, President, Adult Civil Citation Network; Albert Kopak, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Western Carolina University; and Thomas Olk, CEO, DISC Village Foundation
    In 1972, a U.S. federal initiative resulting from efforts led by the White House’s Special Action Office for Drug Prevention, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (predecessor to the Bureau...

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  • Rutland, Vermont, Case Study: Using DMI to Combat Covert Opioid Markets

    By David Kennedy, Director, and Jonathan Ben-Menachem, Communications Associate, National Network for Safe Communities, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York
    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 ...

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  • International Narcotics Control: A Program of Cooperation

    By Glen D. King
    The only viable response to drug abuse problems is now, and always will be, international in scope....

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