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Intelligence Bulletin: Changes in Drug Production, Trafficking, and Abuse 2008

Publication Date: June 2009

Document ID: 2009-L0424-007

Archived on: September 1, 2012. This document may contain dated information. It remains available to provide access to historical materials.

This Intelligence Bulletin is a discussion of apparent changes in regional drug situations noted in reporting from National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) Field Program Specialists generated from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Additional information for this report was obtained from open-source material; federal, state, and local law enforcement reporting; and recent NDIC publications.

Your questions, comments, and suggestions for future subjects are welcome at any time.  Addresses are provided at the end of the page.

Contents

List of Tables

Table 1. Cities Reporting an Increase in Pseudoephedrine Smurfing in 2008
Table 2. Methamphetamine Laboratory Seizures, 2004-2008
Table 3. Percentage of Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting Street Gang Involvement in Pharmaceutical Distribution, by Region and Nationwide, 2004-2008
Table 4. Percentage of Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting OMG Involvement in Pharmaceutical Distribution, by Region and Nationwide, 2004-2008

List of Figures

Figure 1. Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Regions

Purpose

Changes in Drug Production, Trafficking, and Abuse 2008 is a discussion of apparent changes in regional drug situations noted in National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) Field Program Specialist (FPS)1 reporting generated from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Additional information for this report was obtained from open-source material; federal, state, and local law enforcement reporting; and recent NDIC publications, including those listed at the end of this document. While the drug changes reported in this intelligence bulletin do not constitute trends in and of themselves, they may indicate a trend that could be emerging in a particular area or region of the United States.

Footnote

1. Field Program Specialists (FPSs) are a nationwide network of law enforcement professionals who collect information from federal, regional, state, and local law enforcement as well as treatment providers across the United States.

Addresses

Web Addresses

ADNET:  http://ndicosa.adnet.sgov.gov/index.htm
DOJ:  http://www.usdoj.gov/archive/ndic/
LEO:  https://www.leo.gov/http://leowcs.leopriv.gov/lesig/archive/ndic/index.htm
RISS:  ndic.riss.net

Questions and comments may be directed to Special Projects Unit, National Threat Analysis Branch through NDIC.Contacts@usdoj.gov.

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