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Local and state law enforcement nationwide sees weed as the least of its drug worries, a report from the Drug Enforcement Administration found -- even as the DEA itself sees marijuana as a "growing concern."
As part of the 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary, the DEA asked a sample of over 1,100 local and state law enforcement agencies what they perceived as their biggest drug threat. For the fifth year in a row, marijuana was ranked as the least of officers' worries. Only 6 percent of respondents reported weed as the largest threat -- the lowest portion since 2007.
Heroin has skyrocketed as a perceived threat over the same period and now tops the charts, with 38 percent reporting it as the worst problem. The threat of painkillers has subsided over the past two years.
The numbers aren't surprising, given that states and local jurisdictions have begun to decriminalize...
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