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Joe Garcia: If the drug dealers and others are aware that we have jurisdictional issues, then if they know that they cannot do…

On the recordMarch 2, 2009
If the drug dealers and others are aware that we have jurisdictional issues, then if they know that they cannot do anything to them, especially if they are non-Indian, they will set up shop in the reservation.
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Joe Garcia
Florida

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Joe Garcia discusses how jurisdictional issues affect drug dealing on reservations.

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