Since the world shut down because of the COVID crisis, there has been no meaningful training. Overnight, training courses were shut down. As I write this article, I’m supposed to be in Australia preparing to teach a series of drug courses there. If you haven’t realized it by now, training will never be the same. […]
In this episode of the Drug Training Podcast, I’ll interview Devin Chase. Devin is a former narcotics officer, Drug Recognition Expert Instructor and recipient of the coveted California Narcotic Officer of the Year award. Devin and I will have a conversation about drug dealing and how officers can make better cases by doing some easy […]
Yes, you can get high on nutmeg. This is the same nutmeg that may be in your spice cabinet in the kitchen. Kids have been using nutmeg to get high for decades, but thanks to the Nutmeg Challenge, it is becoming even more popular and dangerous. A TIKTOK video about a woman challenging others to […]
Many times, when I talk to younger officers about what makes a “simple possession” versus “a possession for sale” case, they get too hung up on the fact that the suspect was only possessing drugs in a single bag. Many think because there is no evidence of packaging materials, scales, text messages and pay/owe sheets that […]
On Tuesday, the DEA issued a final order to increase the 2020 Aggregate Production Quotas for a variety of opioids, benzodiazepines and other drugs used to treat people with COVID-19 (coronavirus). The order increases the APQ by 15 percent for certain substances including fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, codeine, ephedrine, and pseudoephedrine, and certain controlled substance intermediates […]
Are you looking for good reading resources to help you learn more about drugs? Although the reading list for drug enforcers was made for narcs, anyone that has to deal with drugs in the criminal justice system will enjoy the list. While teaching drug related subjects around the globe, I am often asked by students for books […]
Becoming a Great Narcotics Officer At some point in your career, you choose a path toward a particular specialty in police work. This path leads you to a type of policing that you enjoy and can hopefully get a special assignment that gives you enhanced satisfaction in your career. For me, I chose the path […]
According to a report from KUTV, two children were hospitalized after eating candy with concentrated THC in it. The THC edibles came from a Roy, Utah church that received it from a Utah food bank. According to the report, a 5-year-old is in the ICU at Children’s Primary Hospital. According to Roy Police, 5 children […]
A new synthetic drug comes to the illicit drug market each week. Most of those drugs die a quick death and most people will never hear from them again. Others hit the market fast and hard and create a lot of damage in their wake, like the synthetic opioid U-47700. With Eutylone and Benzylone, they […]
The darknet is a place on the internet few people go. To compare it to the real world, it is the seedy part of town that you warn people not to venture to. It’s a place where you can get all matter of drugs from marijuana to fentanyl to LSD. In a recent poll, 10% […]
