Cook County Is No. 1 in Felony Drug Cases

Trumann police officers learning to become “drug recognition experts”
Officials with the Trumann Police Department told Region 8 News that two officers have been participating in a drug recognition program offered through the U.S. Justice Institute. The course, which is offered at no cost to officers nominated by a number of public safety officials, is taught to law enforcement officers who would like to become drug recognition experts.

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Booze battle: alarming surge in young people seeking alcohol help
THE number of young people seeking help for alcohol abuse in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs has more than quadrupled in five years.

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Cook County is No. 1 in felony drug cases
In Cook County, drug crimes represented a bigger share of felony cases than any other major county in the United States, according to a federal study released Thursday.

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