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National Drug Intelligence Center |
The abuse of heroin among young abusers in the Michigan HIDTA region quite likely will increase, particularly among young Caucasian individuals who currently abuse prescription opioids. According to law enforcement reporting in the HIDTA region, many individuals who developed dependence on prescription opioids have switched to heroin because it is less expensive than prescription opioids. This trend most likely will increase as prescription opioid abuse continues among new users and heroin availability remains high. The increase in heroin abuse and related property crimes may strain public health services and law enforcement resources in the HIDTA region.
Local methamphetamine production most likely will sustain local methamphetamine demand and abuse in the Michigan HIDTA region as local producers who also abuse the drug continue to use the one-pot method of producing methamphetamine.
Marijuana production in the HIDTA region will most likely increase as local indoor cannabis growers attempt to profit from increased demand for higher-potency marijuana.
African American drug traffickers will most likely continue to distribute MDMA in Detroit. As a result, the availability and abuse of MDMA among African Americans who previously did not have access to the drug is likely to increase.
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