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Meth, marijuana drive drug trade in Hall County

Mitchell Posey knows his fellow agents will never be able to end the drug trade. The regional drug enforcement office served 10 search warrants and 30 arrest warrants at the end of July for members of a methamphetamine trafficking group in Habersham and Stephens counties. "With that one traffic stop, it essentially shut down the drug trade for about 15 people. "It does essentially curb the methamphetamine trade in North Georgia, but by no stretch of the imagination does it shut it down," he said. In prosecution, Northeastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney Lee Darragh said his office most commonly sees cases involving meth, cocaine and marijuana.

Report: King County breaks record in drug deaths
SEATTLE -- A report published Thursday by the University of Washington reveals there were a reported 332 drug deaths in King County in 2016. The number of overdoses is record setting, according to a UW Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute press release. According to the report, the number is up from a reported 320 deaths in 2015. According to the report, 17 of the overdose deaths in 2016 involved the powerful painkiller fentanyl or fentanyl-like drugs. King County is currently working toward opening a safe-injection site in Seattle, and another one elsewhere in the county.


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