Illinois is one of 31 states that has expanded the original intent of the law beyond the protection of school ... feet zone to 300 feet, or to require signs to mark the borders of drug-free ...

In reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, laws creating drug-free zones around schools spread nationwide. Now questions are being raised — by legislators, activists, even law enforcement ...

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...

Gov. Bill Lee earlier this year quietly ended an expedited clemency program for those sentenced under a previous version of the state's drug-free school zone law. Ending the program means ...

WASHINGTON — Two new drug-free zones are ... will begin to enforce the zones at 8 a.m., and they will continue to be enforced through 7:59 a.m. on Monday, April 8. Signs to notify about the ...

That officers appeared to be citing it as a drug-free zone one day later while stopping people raised concerns for Ruff, a middle school teacher ... where seven orange signs were taped to light ...

The orange 'drug free zone' sign posted in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood. (WTOP/Cheyenne Corin) Big orange signs have gone up declaring three D.C. neighborhoods “drug-free zones,” where police ...

Police said they had made no arrests in the three drug-free zones as of midday Thursday. Police said they posted signs explaining the drug-free zones 24 hours ahead of enforcement, which began at ...

Dutchess County, NY — The Dutchess County Drug Task Force says a School Zone is once again drug-free after an accused Fentanyl Dealer was arrested in early morning raid. Maurice Bogle ...