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Heroin abuse levels will most likely increase in the NY/NJ HIDTA region in the near term. If intermittent cocaine shortages continue, more cocaine distributors may begin selling heroin as distributors in Albany, Erie, Monroe, and Onondaga Counties and other areas have done. New heroin abusers also will quite likely result from heroin distributors' targeting new, younger customers in smaller towns and rural areas in New Jersey. Further, more CPD abusers will most likely begin abusing heroin if prices remain low relative to the cost of CPDs. Rising heroin abuse levels in the NY/NJ HIDTA region will most likely result in increases in heroin-related treatment admissions, overdose deaths, and arrests.
Mexican DTOs have expanded their trafficking operations in the NY/NJ HIDTA region and are well-positioned to increase the supply of crystal methamphetamine to the region if demand for the drug rises. Methamphetamine abuse is spreading outside the established population of abusers, fueling concern among law enforcement officials and treatment providers in the region that it may become more widespread.
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