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Most drug arrests dont mirror prescription abuse
Overdose deaths on rise in Hall, mostly from prescribed medicines
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Lt. Scott Ware of the Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad holds a 2-pound bag of aging marijuana used to train drug dogs. - photo by NAT GURLEY
While most arrests are for narcotics like marijuana and methamphetamine, keeping the most deadly drugs from being abused poses a challenge for law enforcement — especially when those drugs are dispensed every day in pharmacies. “The things that remain on the constant radar are cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana,” Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad Lt. Scott Ware said. “Pills are the most dangerous, in my opinion, and the biggest increase.”