Welcome to the May 2026

"Boots On The Ground" Newsletter

Summer is approaching fast, and before everyone shifts into summer schedules and starts preparing for back-to-school season, we have an opportunity designed to help you stay ahead of emerging trends and strengthen your knowledge base.

For a limited time, you can register for all three upcoming Tall Cop webinars featuring Nigel Wrangham, Dave Gomez, and Kym Laube at a discounted rate.

These sessions are packed with real-world information, practical strategies, and field experience to help professionals, schools, prevention teams, treatment providers, law enforcement, and community leaders prepare for what is ahead.

Get all three webinars, save money, and set yourself up for summer and back-to-school success.

This special offer expires Wednesday, May 20th. Don’t wait!


And NOW for our EXCITING news!


The Tall Cop Team is excited to announce the release of its very first published Drug Resource Guide!

This guide is forged from the field. Jermaine Galloway travels the country every week, scanning communities, visiting stores, documenting products, tracking emerging trends, and seeing firsthand what is appearing in neighborhoods across America. This resource was created to bring that real-world knowledge directly to communities, professionals, and families.

This is NOT your typical drug guide.


Inside, we cover:

✔ Emerging and evolving drug trends

✔ Established substances still impacting communities

✔ Field photographs and real-world examples

✔ Product packaging and community scan findings

✔ What is actually showing up in stores and communities today


Readers will not just learn about emerging trends, they will see what Jermaine Galloway sees while conducting “Boots On The Ground” community scans across the country.

This guide was created to help parents, schools, prevention specialists, treatment providers, probation officers, and law enforcement professionals stay informed, prepared, and ahead of rapidly evolving drug trends.


🔥 Presale opens Friday, May 22nd!


Visit: TallCopSaysStop.com to reserve your copy and be among the first to get this brand-new field resource.


-Tall Cop


In this Issue:

Nitrous Oxide: The Growing Trend Behind "Laughing Gas"


Written by Jermaine Galloway May 2026
 
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Registration is Open!

New this year! November 11th will feature a pre-conference day! Open exclusively to registered conference attendees.


Check out our Pre-Conference Sessions:

  • Evolving Vapes: Cannabis, Stash Vapes, Nicotine and Other Drugs
  • Understanding the Disease We Are Working to Prevent: Why Stigma Matters
  • Opioids Other Than the F word (Fentanyl)
  • Lessons From the Front Lines-Mental Health, Youth Risk and Trendy Social Media Decisions
  • Breaking Badder: The Resurgence of Methamphetamine
  • AI and Kids: The Questions We Will Ask Next
  • Alcohol Drinking Trends in the New and Evolving Modern Landscape


And a Few of the Confirmed Conference Sessions:

  • New and Emerging Opioid Trends and Other Drug Trends
  • From Weed to Shrooms: What We Need To Know About Psilocybin Legalization and Dosing
  • Prevention, Enforcement, Recovery, and Education: How the Connect Can Save Lives
  • Fake Prescription Pills and Fentanyl: What’s Next


More Sessions Coming Soon!


Tall Cop Emerging Drug Trends



Pre-Conference Sessions

Meet Our Sponsors!

Thank you to our 2026 Tall Cop

Emerging Drug Trends Conference sponsors!


We are proud to partner with organizations committed to education, prevention, and community safety.


Special thanks to:


Interested in joining this outstanding group of partners?


Visit our sponsorship page to learn more about available opportunities.

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During a recent scan in Arizona, Tall Cop found these quietly sitting on the shelf of a rural Pennsylvania store.

These are vape batteries designed to look discreet (clearly).

At first glance, they appear to be lip balm containers. Remove the top, attach a vape cartridge, and you are ready to vape.

When finished, simply remove the cartridge, place the cap back on, and once again you have what appears to be an ordinary tube of lip balm sitting in your pocket.

This is another example of how concealment products continue to evolve. The goal is simple: make drug-related products blend into everyday life and avoid detection.

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Boots on the Ground: Gas Station Drug Trends


Tall Cop Jermaine Galloway


As someone who likely spends more time in gas stations, mini marts, and corner stores than most people and their extended families combined, here is what can be said with confidence: some gas stations and convenience stores have quietly evolved into major distribution points for drug-related products in communities across the country. Many of these products continue to operate well outside the focus of local and state regulations.

This perspective is not based on theory or secondhand information. It comes from thousands of real-world “Boots On The Ground” community scans conducted across all 50 states and internationally. As one training attendee from Indiana once joked, “I know they aren’t selling that much gas!”

Years ago, gas stations primarily focused on fuel, snacks, cigarettes, and beer. Today, some — though certainly not all — have expanded into selling products marketed to create a buzz, avoid traditional drug testing, remain legal or semi-legal, and in some cases bypass age restrictions altogether.

Understanding this shift is critical because these products are no longer isolated to specialty shops or hidden corners of the internet. They are increasingly visible, accessible, and normalized within everyday community settings.


What does that mean in the real world?

It means products that many youth traditionally would not have had access to are now sitting just a few feet from the cash register.

It means individuals operating heavy machinery, driving company vehicles, participating in probation programs, competing in athletics, involved in treatment courts, or subject to workplace drug testing may actively seek out alternatives perceived as less likely to appear on standard drug screens.

Many of these products are inexpensive, highly accessible, and sold openly in everyday retail environments. In numerous cases, consumers can legally purchase large quantities and legally possess them, further contributing to the perception that they are safe or low-risk.


Some of the products showing up most often during community scans include:

  • Tianeptine
  • Phenibut
  • Kratom
  • 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH)
  • Delta-8 THC
  • Delta-9 THC products
  • Hemp-derived intoxicants
  • Nicotine vapes and disposable vape devices


The Bigger Issue

Not every community has a vape shop or smoke shop. Nearly every community, however, has a gas station. That reality has quietly made gas stations and convenience stores one of the most overlooked access points in America today.


This is an excerpt from the Tall Cop "Boots On The Ground" Drug Resource Guide. Presale Opens May 22nd!

Meet The Tall Cop Speakers Network


Our Speakers Network is a growing team of experts who bring decades of professional experience and personal commitment to every presentation. Together, we’re expanding education across the country, equipping communities with practical tools to save lives.



Bring a Speaker to Your Community

If your organization is looking to host a training, contact Marla Burch today to book a Speaker from the Tall Cop Speakers Network.


Learn more about our Speakers Network here


Ben Gillenwater is one of the emerging voices helping schools, law enforcement, and communities navigate the rapidly changing world of kids, technology, AI, and online safety. As founder of Family IT Guy, Ben helps professionals answer the questions families are actually asking and gives them practical tools they can use immediately.


With 30 years of enterprise technology experience, Ben previously served as Chief Technologist for Northrop Grumman’s $10 billion IT business supporting the NSA and Department of Defense. Today, he brings that technical depth into the youth safety space, helping audiences understand online risks, warning signs, and the realities families face.

Ben is also an in-demand speaker and online expert with a growing digital presence, regularly sharing insights through online platforms and appearing on multiple podcasts including hosting his own podcast focused on technology, parenting, and youth safety issues.



Popular Topics Include:

• AI and Kids: The Questions Parents and Professionals Will Ask Next

• What Parents and Professionals Need to Know About Kids on the Internet

Audiences:

• Parents and caregivers

• Schools and educators

• Law enforcement and professionals

• Community organizations

• Corporate employee assistance programs


Ben’s sessions help audiences move beyond fear and confusion by delivering clear, practical guidance that works in the real world.


Looking for an expert on AI, kids, technology, and online safety? Bring Ben Gillenwater to your community, conference, school, or event today.
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Special Offer! Save $15!

"Back To School Bundle" All 3 Webinars for only $75!



Use Code BTS26 when registering for each webinar individually for savings!




*must register for all 3 webinars and attend all 3 webinars for the discount; offer expires 5/20/2026 11:59 PM Central Time. Registrant will be invoiced the total amount 

The Largest Deadly Wild Mushroom Poisoning Outbreak in U.S. History is Happening in California
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N.J. court rules that officers previously terminated for using cannabis off duty can be reinstated

May 11, 2026
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Deputies pull over car for speeding on Highway 50, arrest three men after finding 75 pounds of marijuana


Johnathan Gallardo

News Record Writer
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Union County chemistry teacher arrested after deputies find drugs, weapons at school


"Odor" in the Hallway led to Teachers Arrest


WBTV News 3 Staff
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Tennessee Lawmakers Make Pot, Kratom, Ibogaine and Vapes High Priority in Final Days of Session

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Police: Drugs in 7-year-old's slushie leave her fighting for her life
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'Friends' star Matthew Perry's death exposed secret double life of ‘Ketamine Queen’:



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  • “I wish we had more time with this fascinating presenter, it was extremely informative and captivating." 
    
  • "This is my second training with Tall Cop and his program is unbelievable!"


  • "Was great to see the current trends on a national level. Tall Cop was a great speaker!"



  • "Presenter was exceptional! One of the best ever- Thank you!"


  • Thank you so much! My colleagues and I greatly enjoyed seeing Mr. Galloway speak last month in Indiana. I’ve attended many conferences during my 11 years as a health educator, and it was truly the most informative substance abuse presentation that I have ever heard. My colleagues and I plan to sign up for the November conference in Dallas. We are also registered for the upcoming series of webinars beginning this week. I look forward to learning all the new information that is in store!
 
 

Officer Gomez - Talking Teen Safety!

Kym Laube Presented to Middle School & High School Students as well as a parent session to over 2000+ people!

Thank you Waynesville, Missouri for hosting her!

Tall Cop Jermaine Galloway and Speakers Network Speaker Nigel Wrangham - taking a break together!

Nigel Wrangham Presenting in New York

Nigel Wrangham & Officer Gomez doing a Police car simulator.. according to Tall Cop, "It did not go well.."

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