Map showing the Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.

Chicago is a major city with a population over 500,000.

Aurora, Naperville, and Joliet, Illinois and Gary, Indiana are major cities with populations between 100,000 and 499,999.

East Chicago, Hammond, Munster, Dyer, Schererville, Merrillville, and Crown Point are major cities in Indiana with populations between 50,000 and 99,999.

Chicago is a major seaport.

O'Hare and Midway are international airports.

The interstates are I-55, I-57, I-65, I-80, I-88, I-90, I-94, and I-294.

Lake County has its own HIDTA.

Cook, Kendall, Will, and Grundy Counties in Illinois are Chicago HIDTA counties.

Porter, Newton, Jasper, Starke, and Pulaski Counties in Indiana are counties of interest.

Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.

Chart showing the number of individuals receiving marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine services in Lake County through the Hoosier Assurance Plan from 2004 to 2008.

The number of individuals receiving services for marijuana was 442 in 2004; 460 in 2005; 506 in 2006; 474 in 2007; and 466 in 2008.

The number of individuals receiving services for cocaine was 455 in 2004; 434 in 2005; 465 in 2006; 419 in 2007; and 311 in 2008.

The number of individuals receiving services for heroin was 318 in 2004; 316 in 2005; 321 in 2006; 258 in 2007; and 216 in 2008.

The number of individuals receiving services for methamphetamine was 4 in 2004; 5 in 2005; 5 in 2006; 6 in 2007; and 1 in 2008.

Source: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Department of Mental Health and Addiction Community Services Data System.
*Data are compiled by state fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).

Chart showing the percentage of twelfth-grade students reporting lifetime use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and MDMA, in the northwest region of Indiana, from 2006 to 2008.

The percentage of twelfth-grade students reporting a lifetime use of marijuana, in the northwest region of Indiana, was 39.9% in 2006; 38.7% in 2007; and 42% in 2008.

The percentage of twelfth-grade students reporting a lifetime use of cocaine, in the northwest region of Indiana, was 10.3% in 2006; 9% in 2007; and 8.8% in 2008.

The percentage of twelfth-grade students reporting a lifetime use of heroin, in the northwest region of Indiana, was 3.2% in 2006; 2.4% in 2007; and 2.5% in 2008.

The percentage of twelfth-grade students reporting a lifetime use of MDMA, in the northwest region of Indiana, was 8.6% in 2006; 7.1% in 2007; and 8.6% in 2008.

Source: Indiana Prevention Resource Center.