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State Governments and Retailers Work Together To Address The National Opioid Crisis
Retail crime and gift card fraud has been linked to the opioid crisis as a funding mechanism for addiction across the country. (CNBC News...
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FIGHTING ORC WITH PURPOSE AND PARTNERSHIP
Kristina Stewart July 05, 2017 Charles Anderson, executive director of the Twin Cities Organized Retail Crime Association, began “Rise of...
New Tennessee Retail Crime Law
https://legiscan.com/TN/text/SB1717/id/1801820 PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 993 SENATE BILL NO. 1717 By Briggs, Massey, Bowling, Swann, Bailey,...
Val Ryan
Young Adults In The Crisis, Where Is It Going?
A few years ago, it wasn’t necessarily uncommon to see adolescents and young adults misusing opioids. It wasn’t even that unusual to see...
Val Ryan
It Is Not Just the Addicted Who Suffer
Repercussions are felt beyond the addicted individuals. It extends to children, the elderly and to places you would not normally think...
Man's scam turned Home Depot thefts into gift cards
USA TODAY NETWORKL.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press Published 11:01 a.m. ET Oct. 6, 2015 PONTIAC, Mich. — You might call Adelbert...
Tennessee White Paper
Richard M. Briggs, MD Tennessee State Senate📷 📷 Earlier this year, Tennessee declared a state of emergency due to the opioid crisis....
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Who "Gets" An Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction can affect anyone, even a doctor with knowledge on the subject, but it seems that even adolescents are feeling the brunt...
OKC gift card store owner faces decades of prison, fines and millions of dollars of restitut
JACK MONEY Published: Sat, November 4, 2017 5:00 AM The owner of what once was a sizable gift cards store in Oklahoma City that played a...
Organized offensive: Law enforcement, retailers combat retail crime
By Mike Longaecker When shoppers drive the Walmart parking lot, they're usually after one thing: empty spaces. Jordan Ziebarth scouts for...
Mentor retail theft detail leads to drop in drug-related crimes
Betsy Scott - News Herald Mentor police set out to thwart drug-related retail theft with a pilot program launched in 2015. Now results...
Federal agents raid OKC gift card store amid fraud claims
Jonathan Cooper Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal investigators raided a northwest Oklahoma City store as part of an ongoing...
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Addiction: How Do They Afford It?
You often hear about drug addicts asking for money or even stealing from family members to fund their addictions. Drug addicts will do...
Val Ryan
Copy of The Opioid Crisis - Why You Should Care
The opioid crisis affects more of our lives than what many would expect. An obvious issue is the devastation of the lives lost. There are...
Gift Card Fraud: How It’s Committed and Why It’s So Lucrative
Gift cards have caused quite a headache for retailers in the last month, exposing another way that fraudulent activity can eat into...