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Controversy over Suffolk Police drug cash reward plan

A year ago this month, Nick Nardone got the kind of news parents dread: His 17-year-old daughter died of an apparent heroin overdose.

So when the electrician from Rocky Point heard that the Suffolk police recently began offering high school students cash in exchange for information about drug dealers - while guaranteeing the students' anonymity - he was pleased.

"This heroin epidemic...

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