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Increasing heroin availability in the Lake County HIDTA region will most likely lead to a rise in heroin abuse, particularly among young Caucasians from affluent areas of Lake County and neighboring Porter County. As a result, the significant consequences associated with heroin abuse--including crime and treatment costs--will increase in the HIDTA region, enhancing the threat posed by the drug. If heroin abuse continues to expand in areas outside the Lake County HIDTA region, the number of individuals traveling to the area to purchase heroin will most likely grow.
Increases in the availability of MDMA and the demand for high-potency marijuana will most likely continue in the near term. Street gangs operating in the Lake County HIDTA region will quite likely seek these drugs from Chicago distributors or Canada-based Asian DTOs. Consequently, MDMA and high-potency marijuana abuse will most likely increase and expand to new user groups, particularly African American and Hispanic communities where street gangs operate.
Without more stringent methadone regulation in Indiana, the diversion of methadone will very likely expand in the Lake County HIDTA region. The rising availability of methadone in Lake County will quite likely result in an increase in the number of overdoses and higher treatment costs.
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