Pincher Creek Echo -- While the figures don't support it, Const. Trevor Baldwin of the local RCMP detachment admits that there is "trouble with drug use" in the Pincher Creek area.

First quarter figures (January through to the end of March) indicate no charges for drug offences.

"Unless drug use is reported, we don't get it," said Baldwin, who noted that any collars for drug-related crimes come when individuals have been apprehended on different violations.

"Drug use is going up, but it's not being pushed in our face," he added.

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