Police pilot reveals relationship between drugs and DA

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Police pilot reveals relationship between drugs and DA

Seven forces have been drug testing individuals arrested for domestic abuse offences as part of a pilot to establish perpetrator profiles and offender rehabilitation opportunities.

Date - 2nd August 2023
By - Cash Boyle

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Cocaine use and domestic abuse are linked according to a pilot in seven force areas which found that over half of those who were tested following arrest for such offences had the drug in their system. In one force nearly 85% (127/150) of the...

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