Press Release - July 2, 2007
| For Immediate Release July 2, 2007
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Contact: Contact: Mr. Charles Miller
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National Drug Intelligence Center Releases Twenty-seven Drug
Market Analysis Reports for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas
On July 2, 2007, the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC),
a component of the Department of Justice, will release twenty-seven
2007 Drug Market Analysis reports. These annual reports were prepared
at the request of the Executive Office of the President's Office
of National Drug Control Policy for High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas (HIDTA) throughout the country. They provide strategic overviews
of the illicit drug situation in the respective HIDTA market area
and highlight significant trends and law enforcement concerns related
to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
Thus far in fiscal year 2007, NDIC has produced several major
national level reports beginning with the
National Drug Threat Assessment 2007 which details national
drug trafficking and abuse trends within the United States, particularly
with respect to cocaine, heroin, marijuana, MDMA, methamphetamine,
pharmaceuticals and other dangerous drugs. The assessment identifies
the primary drug threats to the nation, tracks drug availability
throughout the country, and analyzes trafficking and distribution
patterns of illicit drugs within the United States. It evaluates
the threat posed by illegal drugs such as, comparing availability,
production and cultivation, transportation, distribution, and demand.
In November, the NDIC published the
National Methamphetamine
Threat Assessment 2007. The report is a comprehensive assessment
of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and
abuse of methamphetamine.
In February, NDIC published the
Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2007, a national-level
strategic assessment of cannabis cultivation and marijuana production
in the United States. This assessment addresses major trends in
domestic cannabis cultivation, both indoor and outdoor, with a focus
on cannabis cultivation operations in primary areas of production
at the state and county levels. This report covers wide-ranging
issues regarding cultivation operations, including planting and
harvesting seasons; use or presence of weapons, booby traps, and
countersurveillance; resultant environmental damage; and the operational
trends of drug trafficking organizations and other criminal groups.
These and other reports produced by NDIC and available to the
public are posted on our web site at
http://www.justice.gov/ndic/index.htm.
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