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However, those agencies – especially ones
based in rural areas — are also least likely to
have the resources to purchase the latest de-
tection equipment available to help them bet-
ter protect themselves.
The federal government already has several grant
programs to support state and local law enforce-
ment agencies, but the criteria for those programs
was created prior to the emergence of the opioid
epidemic.
May 2018 Edition
The same technologies used to help first re-
sponders test an unknown substance won’t
necessarily solve this problem alone – but
they may be adapted to do