Archived on: September 1, 2011. 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 coordinated 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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Figure 1. Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area
Figure 2. Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Transportation Infrastructure
Figure 3. North
Carolina Counties in the Atlanta HIDTA Transportation
Infrastructure
Table 1. Atlanta HIDTA
Drug Seizures, by Initiative, in Kilograms, 2009
Table 2. Cannabis
Plants Eradicated at Outdoor and Indoor Grow Sites in Georgia and
North Carolina, 2005-2009
Table 3. Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Substance Problem at Admission, Atlanta HIDTA Counties
in Georgia, State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2007-2009
Table A1. Methamphetamine Laboratories Seized in Atlanta HIDTA Counties, 2005-2009
The principal drug threats to the Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region are the distribution and abuse of cocaine and the production and abuse of methamphetamine. Controlled prescription drugs (CPDs) pose an emerging threat and heroin remains a relatively low but growing threat to the region. In addition, the Atlanta area is the principal bulk cash consolidation center for Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) operating in the eastern United States.
The following are significant strategic drug threat developments in the Atlanta HIDTA region:
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a. Opioid pain relievers include codeine, fentanyl (Duragesic, Actiq), hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), morphine (MS Contin), oxycodone (OxyContin), methadone (Dolophine), and hydrocodone combinations (Vicodin, Lortab, and Lorcet).
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