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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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Strategic Drug Threat Developments
Drug Trafficking Organizations
Production DistributionFigure 1. Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Figure 2. Northwest HIDTA transportation infrastructure.
Figure 3. Northwest HIDTA adult and youth (combined)
drug treatment admissions for state fiscal year (June 30-July 1), 2003-2005.
Table 1. Cannabis Plants Eradicated From Indoor/Outdoor
Grow Sites, in the Northwest HIDTA Region, 2004-2006
Table 2. Number of Seizures of Methamphetamine
Laboratories, Chemicals, Glass, and Equipment at Dumpsites in Northwest HIDTA Counties,
2004-2006
Figure 1. Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Map showing the Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
The map shows Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, Kitsap, King, Pierce, Thurston, Lewis, Cowlitz, Clark, Yakima, Benton, Franklin, and Spokane counties.
This assessment provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the Northwest 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 Northwest HIDTA.
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