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Drugs

Drugs and Crime Research Portfolio

NIJ’s Drugs and Crime Research Portfolio supports research, evaluation, data collection, and dissemination to address drug-related issues in the criminal justice system, with the goal to enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement, courts, and corrections in responding to illegal drug markets and criminal behavior associated with illicit drug use. 

Although public safety and public health responses have curbed the historic rise in opioid...