Outlook

Methamphetamine availability will increase as Mexican DTOs establish a stronger foothold in the methamphetamine market by supplying increasing amounts of Mexican ice methamphetamine. However, methamphetamine production within the Oregon HIDTA region will continue to decrease.

Outdoor and indoor marijuana production will rise in the near term. Thousands of acres of public lands in Oregon on which law enforcement policing is limited will enable Mexican DTOs to operate an increasing number of cannabis grow sites in rural, unpopulated areas with relative impunity. Additionally, Asian DTOs will most likely establish additional indoor cannabis grow operations within the Oregon HIDTA region to supply increasing demand for high-potency marijuana in the HIDTA region as well as in neighboring markets.

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