20/20 did this special feature on “Logan,” the U. Mass student who died of a heroin overdose after becoming a drug informant for campus police: The Dangers of a College Student Becoming a Campus Police Drug Informant. U. Mass canceled its informant program after a university working group issued this critical report.
Reason just posted this story about Andrew Sadek, a 20-year-old student at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, who was shot and killed after he agreed to work as an informant: Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Informant, Then Turns Up Dead.
Florida might step up again as a leader in this arena. Legislators have introduced bills that would ban the use of minors and college students as informants in buy-and-bust drug operations.