{"id":7639,"date":"2024-11-30T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2024-12-23T15:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:47:04","slug":"safety_first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/safety_first\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety First"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7639\" class=\"elementor elementor-7639\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5142c5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5142c5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d9828\" data-id=\"99d9828\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d88423a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d88423a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"intro\">Addressing the ever-changing nature of drug threats to communities<\/span><\/p><p>BY ANNA RUSSELL<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7003 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willettassociates.com\/ubalt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prevention-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of a person helping another up through a capsule\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">In 2016, the chief of staff of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington\/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)<\/a>\u00a0program, Jeff Beeson, presented Roger Hartley, dean of The University of Baltimore\u2019s College of Public Affairs, with a partnership idea that would benefit both institutions.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">The regional HIDTA\u2014established 30 years ago under the White House\u2019s National Drug Control Policy\u2014was searching for a new fiduciary body to provide oversight of its grant process. The program provides funding and resources to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies, along with drug treatment and prevention programs, to reduce drug trafficking and<br \/>production.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhen I approached Dean Hartley and explained that our job was to manage these federal grants and projects aimed at improving community safety, he also immediately saw the value in a collaboration,\u201d said Beeson.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/safety_first\/#more-7639\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Safety First\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing the ever-changing nature of drug threats to communities BY ANNA RUSSELL In 2016, the chief of staff of the\u00a0Washington\/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)\u00a0program, Jeff Beeson, presented Roger Hartley, dean of The University of Baltimore\u2019s College of Public Affairs, with a partnership idea that would benefit both institutions. 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