Agreement Restricts Police Role in Denver Schools

Published February 21, 2013

Agreement restricts police role in Denver schools

Filed under: Drug Use El Paso

The contract does not reduce the number of officers in schools _ currently 15 distributed among 17 campuses _ but explicitly outlines their role and emphasizes the use of "restorative approaches," rather than ticketing or court referrals, for dealing …
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NYU's Shedlin publishes study on the health of Colombian refugees in Ecuador

Filed under: Drug Use El Paso

"The main objective of the study was to gather descriptive data on the characteristics of recent refugees moving from Colombia into Ecuador as a result of drug-related violence and how the conflict, displacement and a new environment affected their …
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Costa Rica toughens stance in US-backed drug fight

Filed under: Drug Use El Paso

This prosperous paradise of golden beaches and lush cloud-forest preserves is throwing itself wholeheartedly into the U.S. war on drugs as a flood of cocaine shipments and a surge in domestic crime erodes Costa Ricans' sense of proud isolation from the …
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Butterfield Trail gets M facelift

Filed under: Drug Use El Paso

And as drug-related violence in Juárez has calmed and the U.S. economy has improved, the demand for warehousing has increased in El Paso. Giese says he's found there is often a lag of anywhere from six months to a year between when the Juárez market …
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