'Heroin Emergency' Costing Jefferson County Dearly

Published September 26, 2013

'Heroin emergency' costing Jefferson County dearly

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Heroin has become the drug of choice in Jefferson County, fueling crimes, breeding unsafe living environments and hugely increasing the number of overdoses law enforcement around the county see each year. Each of those situations might pass through …
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September 20, 2013 « » The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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“By clicking on a country you can access an assortment of road safety data, ranging from trend lines on highway fatalities to statistics on the types of vehicles most likely to be involved in fatal crashes,” he writes, adding, “You can also rove across …
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Federal rules won't change Idaho drug prosecutions

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Attorney General Eric Holder said he wants to emphasize drug treatment and community service requirements for low-level drug offenders rather than warehousing them in prison. DAVE MARTIN … Nearly 47 percent of the nation's 219,000 federal prisoners …
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Editorial: Crime and Punishment

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If anything, the national crime rate is continuing to fall, so there is every reason to believe the 2012 statistics represent a one-year blip locally. In fact, Vacaville Police Chief Richard … Recently, Solano County Courts received grants to expand …
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