San Diego State U. Defends Its Role in Federal Drug Sting

Drugs are common on college campuses. Federal stings are not.

But when a freshman at San Diego State University died of a cocaine overdose last May, the campus police chief decided to pursue a full-scale investigation. In December he summoned undercover agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration to pose as students and roam the campus in search of illegal drugs.

This month San Diego County's district attorney disclosed the yearlong investigation —

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