"Every time we turn around, the staffing pressures that most of us are dealing with are having an impact in these others areas"

Violent crime has increased in some cities in recent years in part because local police are too cash-strapped to fight it, the ATF chief said Monday. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

A disputed drug debt for efforts to produce methamphetamine led to the cold blooded killing of a criminal known as "Granite," Tauranga District Court was told today. via The New Zealand Herald

Authorities say drug makers have a new recipe for methamphetamine, and that's led to an increase in meth labs in Alabama. via WBMA

Many more underage Australians believe it is acceptable to drink alcohol on a regular basis today than they did 16 years ago, according to a national survey.The Dolly Youth Monitor, which has surveyed thousands ... via Warrnambool Standard

A former Florida State student found dead after helping with a narcotics investigation should not have been placed in such a dangerous situation, lawyers representing the woman's family said Sunday. via Tampa Bay Online