The forfeiture of drug dealers’ assets, a major tactic in the war on drugs, provides a bounty for Rhode Island law enforcement and for substance abuse treatment programs. For the five years ended last December, the latest available data, Rhode Island state agencies and municipal police departments received about $8.7 million in proceeds from drug asset forfeitures overseen by the state and federal governments.
To read a recent Providence Journal article on this program, please visit:
Providence Journal: Forfeiture statute aids R.I. agencies, police in War on Drugs
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