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Timothy Purdon, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, looks through documents related to drug cases in his office in Bismarck, N.D. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. "Organized drug dealers are smart," he says. "They're good businessmen. They go where the demand is and that's what they're seeing there. ... There's simply a lot of money flowing in these communities." (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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Timothy Purdon, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, talks in his office in Bismarck, N.D. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 about the drug cases he and his staff have handled. Purdon says the sale and use of illegal drugs, much of it tied to the latest oil boom and the money made from it, is one of the state's most pressing problems. Methamphetamine and heroin brought in by motorcycle gangs, cartels and other out-of-state groups, particularly from the West Coast, are presenting big challenges, he says. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - Timothy Purdon, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, looks through documents related to drug cases in his office in Bismarck, N.D. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. "Organized drug dealers are smart," he says. "They're good businessmen. They go where the demand is and that's what they're seeing there. ... There's simply a lot of money flowing in these communities." (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - Timothy Purdon, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, talks in his office in Bismarck, N.D. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 about the drug cases he and his staff have handled. Purdon says the sale and use of illegal drugs, much of it tied to the latest oil boom and the money made from it, is one of the state's most pressing problems. Methamphetamine and heroin brought in by motorcycle gangs, cartels and other out-of-state groups, particularly from the West Coast, are presenting big challenges, he says. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
