The number of drug-related crimes in the Western Cape over 70, 000 between April 2010 and March 2011 made it by far the most drug-prone province.

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Subsequently, Naci and Erdal statistically compared this indicator of physical attractiveness with the incidence of the respondent having been involved in a crime, such as property damage, burglary, robbery, theft, assault, or drug-related crimes.

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Mexico's overall murder rate, which doesn't distinguish between drug-related and common crimes, also seems to be inching down.

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School-Based Partnership grants in the 1990s paid police agencies to send officers into schools in order to reduce school-related crimes such as drug dealing or alcohol use on campus.

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The program, mostly used for young, non-violent offenders involved in drug related crimes, resulted in returning a more disciplined inmate to society within a shortened period of time (inmates received additional time off for completing the program).

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As a consequence of the failure of supply-side enforcement, government initiatives have focused on coercing offenders whose crimes are related to their drug use into treatment.

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