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"Canada-United States Border Drug Threat Assessment." Public Safety Canada. Oct. 2004. 15 Feb. 2008 <http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/le/bs/uscabdta-en.asp>.
Canada and the United States are firmly committed to the fight against illicit drugs and their two-way movement across our shared border. The strong relationship between our two governments, and in particular, our respective law enforcement agencies on this issue is a model of international cooperation. Traffickers of each of the illicit substances can be individuals, but are increasingly part of organized crime groups. Smugglers use a variety of conveyances, from personal vehicles to watercraft to commercial aircraft in order to transport illicit drugs in both directions across our
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Continual improvements in cooperation and information-exchange between U.S. and Canadian law enforcement authorities will be essential in combating this mutual threat.

Cole, J. C., Bailey, M., Sumnall, H. R., Wagstaff, G. F., & King, L. A. (2002). The content of ecstasy tablets: Implications for the study of their long-term effects. Addiction, 97(12), 1531–1536.
The aim is to examine the variation in the content of ecstasy tablets seized in the northwest of England during 2001 and to compare it to the UK average from 1991 to 2001. All tablets submitted to the Forensic Science Service in the northwest of England during 2001 were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). The mean MDMA content of these tablets are reported and compared to results from all Forensic Science Service
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Law enforcement tactics in the 1980s were typically reactive, unfocused and generally failed to disrupt street-level drug market activity. Development of focused proactive policing strategies during the 1990s, such as problem-oriented policing and partnerships with third parties, led to a renewed faith in the capacity of the police to efficaciously deal with street-level drug problems.

Oliver, Jerry A. "It's Time to Rethink Drug War Strategy." The November Coalition (2002). 13 Feb. 2008 <http://www.journeyforjustice.org/archive/0201autumn/01AnnArborDetroit/press/DetroitNews10-02.html>.
This article was written by the Chief of Police for Detroit talking about the strategy on the drug war. He basically talks about the drug problem in Detroit and the strategy is to stop it. However, he talks about how the strategy is failing and they are in need of a new strategy. It may seem like he is wanting to legalize these substances in this article, but that is not the case at all. He wants to have the department and the city to rethink the strategy of controlling the drug use in the city of Detroit.

Reinarman, Craig, and Harry G. Levine. Crack in America [Electronic Resource]: Demon Drugs and Social Justice. Berkeley: University of California P, 1997.

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