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National Drug Intelligence Center |
Mexican black tar heroin and brown powder heroin availability in the Ohio HIDTA region will increase, particularly in the northern counties, as Mexican DTOs supply larger amounts of the drug, taking advantage of their well-established cocaine and marijuana transportation routes to the region and their distribution methods and networks.
Heroin abuse will most likely increase in the Ohio HIDTA region, largely because of increasing Mexican heroin availability. As a result, the significant consequences associated with heroin abuse--including associated crime and treatment costs--will rise in the HIDTA region, increasing the threat posed by the drug.
Precursor chemical control legislation and sustained law enforcement pressure will quite likely keep local methamphetamine production at low levels in the HIDTA region, unless producers are able to find alternative sources for chemical supplies. Furthermore, it is unlikely that Mexican methamphetamine availability will increase in the region in the near term because of decreased methamphetamine production in Mexico.
The availability and abuse of MDMA in the HIDTA region will most likely rise as African American and Hispanic street gangs and criminal groups increase their involvement in the distribution of the drug.
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