National Drug Threat Assessment 2010 Released

This report provides policymakers, law enforcement executives, resource planners, and counterdrug program coordinators with strategic intelligence regarding the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. The assessment highlights strategic trends in the production, transportation, distribution, and abuse of illegal and controlled prescription drugs. It also presents strategic intelligence regarding the operational trends and tendencies of drug trafficking organizations and street gangs that distribute illegal drugs and highlight drug trafficking trends along the Southwest Border.
(Note: The National Drug Threat Assessment 2010 was last updated on May 25, 2010, to reflect information regarding alien smuggling that was provided to the National Drug Intelligence Center after initial publication. Changes were made in the U.S. Southwest Border Smuggling and Violence section.)
February 2010  2010-Q0317-001  html   pdf  (6,999 KB)

• National Drug Threat Assessment 2010
• National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2009 
• National Gang Threat Assessment 2009
• National Prescription Drug Threat Assessment 2009
• Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2009
• Indian Country Drug Threat Assessment 2008
• NDIC Highlights Fiscal Year 2008

2011 RAID Training Dates Announced

The Real-time Analytical Intelligence Database (RAID) is a National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)-designed tool used in support of criminal prosecution. It is also used by several law enforcement agencies for organizing and sharing case information. The software helps analysts to catalog and analyze valuable information collected from seized evidence or law enforcement intelligence. Training dates for 2011 are:

February 7-11, 2011
May 16-20, 2011
August 22-26, 2011
Oct 24-28, 2011

NDIC Contributes to Extradition of Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Leader

• U.S. Department of Justice - Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico to United States to Face Federal Drug-trafficking Charges

SENTRY DrugAlert Watch Posted

NDIC has posted a DrugAlert Watch for Possible Heroin/Fentanyl Combinations--Street Name: Kill or Keel.

SENTRY is an Internet-based system designed to collect and disseminate synthetic drug-related data in order to identify new trends at an early stage, evaluate their likely importance, and track their development.

SENTRY Watches rely primarily on qualitative or anecdotal information and involve the collection of incident reports from a wide network of sources from the SENTRY electronic submissions. A DrugAlert Watch will inform and alert agencies to a newly recognized drug-related issue so that these agencies can take initial action. For more information about NDIC's SENTRY program, please see our About SENTRY page.

Enter the SENTRY Web Site

Dynamic Mapping Initiative - Select information collected by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) in the course of producing domestic drug intelligence products is presented on this web site through dynamic and static maps. Interactive maps depicting city and county responses to selected questions from NDIC’s annual National Drug Threat Survey in 2006 and 2007 are currently available.