WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Drug Enforcement Administration is starting a new initiative to, it says, combat drug-related violence and overdoses across the country — and Peoria is one of the places it’s starting.
The DEA says “Operation Overdrive” is launching in 34 locations across 23 states, including Peoria and Chicago in Illinois.
Officials describe it as using “a data-driven, intelligence-led approach to identify and dismantle criminal drug networks with the highest rates of violence and overdoses.”
Officials claim overdoses kill 275 people every day, and violence associated with drug activity is sharply increasing, going up 30 percent in 2020.
CLICK HERE for more information on “Operation Overdrive” (.pdf document).
