NDIC Reports - Drug Assessments
NDIC analyzes information from local, state, regional, and federal
agencies to produce threat assessments addressing specific drug
types.
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Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment
2009
This annual report provides policymakers, law enforcement executives,
resource planners, and cannabis eradication program coordinators
with strategic intelligence regarding cannabis cultivation and marijuana
trafficking trends. It highlights strategic trends in indoor and
outdoor cannabis cultivation, particularly in principal domestic
cultivation areas. This assessment also presents strategic intelligence
regarding the operational trends and tendencies of drug trafficking
organizations (DTOs) and criminal groups that produce marijuana,
and it addresses the violence, hazards, and environmental damage
associated with domestic cannabis cultivation.
July 2009 2009-L0848-001A
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The Availability of Southwest Asian Heroin
in the United States: A Market Analysis
This Market Analysis reports on the availability of Southwest Asian
Heroin in the United States. It includes Heroin Signature Program
results from 2004 and Heroin Domestic Monitor Program data from
2000 to 2005 that provides indicators of the geographic origins
of heroin available at the wholesale and retail level in the United.
States.
March 2007 2007-R0912-001
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Khat Fast Facts
This trifold brochure answers the common questions about khat. It
includes a description of the drug, describes the risks of abuse
and presents a profile of the typical abuser. Also included is a
list of street terms.
November 2008 2008-L0559-001
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Methamphetamine-Related Identity Theft--Intelligence
Bulletin
This bulletin documents the relationship between the trafficking
and distribution of methamphetamine and the crime of identity theft.
May 2007 2007-L0424-003
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National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment
This Threat Assessment is a national-level strategic assessment
of methamphetamine trafficking in the United States. It addresses
significant trends in methamphetamine production, transportation,
distribution, and abuse. It discusses a wide range of issues, including
methamphetamine production in Mexico, the increasing availability
of Mexican ice methamphetamine in domestic drug markets, and apparent
methamphetamine shortages in some western markets.
2009 December 2008 2008-Q0317-006
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Pseudoephedrine Smurfing Fuels Surge in Large-Scale
Methamphetamine Production in California--Situation Report
This Situation Report is in response to a request from the
Office of National Drug Control Policy for information regarding
pseudoephedrine smurfing in California. The National Drug Intelligence
Center collected and analyzed data and reporting from 2007-through
May 2009 related to methamphetamine production and pseudoephedrine
smurfing. This report draws upon data from the National Seizure
System, as well as information obtained through interviews with
federal, state, and local law enforcement officers.
June 2009 2009-S0787-007
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Miscellaneous
Methadone Diversion, Abuse, and Misuse: Deaths
Increasing at Alarming Rate
This assessment analyzes the increase in methadone-related deaths
since the late 1990s, the increase in legitimately prescribed and
disbursed methadone, and the thefts and increased availability of
diverted methadone.
November 16, 2007 2007-Q0317-001
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Prescription Drugs
National Prescription Drug Threat Assessment
2009
This assessment focuses primarily on domestic diversion of controlled
prescription drugs (CPDs). It examines current nonmedical use of
prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs (opioid pain relievers,
tranquilizers, sedatives, or stimulants) and discusses their distribution,
the societal impact of CPD diversion and abuse, and Prescription
Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) that have been established legislatively
in many states to stem CPD diversion and abuse. This assessment
also examines regional deviations from national trends.
April 2009 2009-L0487-001
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