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Title:

Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis

Publication Date: June 2007

Document ID: 2007-R0813-004

Archived on:  July 1, 2009. This document may contain dated information. It remains available to provide access to historical materials.

This assessment is an outgrowth of a partnership between the NDIC and HIDTA Program for preparation of annual assessments depicting drug trafficking trends and developments in HIDTA Program areas. The report has been vetted with the HIDTA, is limited in scope to HIDTA jurisdictional boundaries, and draws upon a wide variety of sources within those boundaries.

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Contents

Preface

Strategic Drug Threat Developments

HIDTA Overview

Drug Threat Overview

Drug Trafficking Organizations

Production

Transportation

Distribution

Abuse

Drug-Related Crime

Illicit Finance

Outlook

Sources


List of Figures

Figure 1. Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Figure 2. Washington/Baltimore HIDTA transportation infrastructure.


Preface

Figure 1. Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

Map showing the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

The W/B HIDTA region encompasses four distinct population centers--the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, the District of Columbia, Northern Virginia, and the Richmond metropolitan area. The region includes the following county and city jurisdictions: Maryland (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Charles, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties and the city of Baltimore); Northern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Manassas); the Richmond metropolitan area (Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, and Prince George Counties and the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond); and Washington, D.C.

This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Washington/Baltimore (W/B) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns relating to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. The report was prepared through detailed analysis of recent law enforcement reporting, information obtained through interviews with law enforcement and public health officials, and available statistical data. The report is designed to provide policymakers, resource planners, and law enforcement officials with a focused discussion of key drug issues and developments facing the W/B HIDTA.

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