Drug Abuse

SF Police testing device to detect fentanyl during arrests

2024-07-06T17:41:24-05:00

  S.F. police test first-ever device to detect fentanyl in saliva during public intoxication arrests Story By Megan Cassidy, Crime Reporter for San Francisco Chronicle Ryan Kao, director of the San Francisco Police Department's Crime Strategies Division, demonstrates how someone would use the drug testing kit for the Dräger [...]

SF Police testing device to detect fentanyl during arrests2024-07-06T17:41:24-05:00

Securing Opioid Settlement Funding Grants for your EMS Agency

2024-06-04T22:20:10-05:00

 By Corey Carlson for Lexipol Our nation’s opioid crisis continues unabated. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 107,941 Americans died by drug overdose in 2022 (the last year we have full reporting on). Of those, 81,806 [...]

Securing Opioid Settlement Funding Grants for your EMS Agency2024-06-04T22:20:10-05:00

New BJS and NCES report provides updated information on school crime and safety

2023-09-18T18:54:51-05:00

A new publication, Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2022, provides official estimates on school crime and safety. It examines data on violent deaths and school shootings, nonfatal criminal victimization, bullying victimization, and teacher victimization. The report also presents statistics on discipline problems, gangs, hate-related speech, possession of [...]

New BJS and NCES report provides updated information on school crime and safety2023-09-18T18:54:51-05:00

Today – August 21 – is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

2023-08-21T14:01:52-05:00

DEA seized more than 58.3 million fentanyl-laced fake pills in 2022. The DEA Laboratory has found that of the fake pills analyzed, six out of ten now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. To spread the word of prevention and awareness, we have launched two initiatives to shine [...]

Today – August 21 – is National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day2023-08-21T14:01:52-05:00

Supporting Law Enforcement and Prosecution of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths

2023-01-16T14:31:11-06:00

An Examination of Cuyahoga County’s Heroin Involved Death Investigation (HIDI) Protocol Combating drug trafficking and preventing overdose deaths is one of the primary objectives of the department’s 2022-2026 strategic plan.[1] In 2021, the United States recorded the highest number of deaths resulting from drug overdoses over a 12-month period. Synthetic [...]

Supporting Law Enforcement and Prosecution of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths2023-01-16T14:31:11-06:00
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