The Role of Drug Related Killings in Crime

In LA, where more than 60% of the homicides are considered gang related, the definition of that term is just that one of the people was in a gang. One criminologist said oftentimes what gets chalked up as drug related killings is like a drug dealer will sell people fake drugs and then their customers will come back and shoot them because they're going through withdrawals. There's also some police departments that will mark any murder as drug related if either the victim or the perpetrator has drugs on them.