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Drug interdiction, the interruption and interception of drugs to prevent them from reaching their destination, [1] is a tactic often used by U.S. law enforcement in the context of traffic stops. Law enforcement use pretextual traffic stops in order to stop drivers.
Operation Pipeline is a program of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), [1] that trains police officers across the country on drug interdiction methods on roads. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The program began in the 1980s. [ 1 ]
The HIDTA program does not focus on a specific drug threat, such as heroin trafficking; rather, funds are used to support the most pressing drug-related initiatives in each region. These range from multiagency enforcement initiatives involving investigation, interdiction, and prosecution to drug use prevention and treatment initiatives. [3]
To truly combat the fentanyl crisis, we must adopt a multifaceted strategy that includes education, harm reduction, and improved access to treatment programs, in addition to drug interdiction.
Today, the Arkansas Highway Police is a nationally recognized leader in the fields of drug interdiction, motor carrier safety and hazardous materials enforcement, and training. Highway Police officers serve as instructors for the Criminal Justice Institute, National Training Center, Transportation Safety Institute, and the Drug Interdiction ...
In 2021, U.S. citizens made up 86.3% of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers — 10 times greater than convictions of illegal immigrants for the same offense, according to a study by the ...
In January 1982, Reagan designated Vice President George H. W. Bush to lead a cross-agency drug interdiction team called the South Florida Task Force. The impetus was a surge of cocaine and cannabis entering through the Miami region, and the sharp rise in related crime.
The Night Train drug seizure was a December 1977 seizure of 54 tons of marijuana by the United States Coast Guard off the southeastern coast of Florida which marked the beginning of Operation Stopgap, a United States federal law enforcement inter-agency drug interdiction operation focusing on interdicting drugs from Colombian cartels and other illicit Central and South American drug sources. [1]