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Archived on: August 1, 2011. This document may contain dated information. It remains available to provide access to historical materials.
This report provides policymakers, law enforcement executives, resource planners, and counterdrug program coordinators with strategic intelligence regarding the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. The assessment highlights strategic trends in the production, transportation, distribution, and abuse of illegal and controlled prescription drugs. It also presents strategic intelligence regarding the operational trends and tendencies of drug trafficking organizations and street gangs that distribute illegal drugs and highlight drug trafficking trends along the Southwest Border.
Change Notice: May 25, 2010--The National Drug Threat
Assessment 2010 was updated to reflect information regarding alien
smuggling that was provided to the National Drug Intelligence Center after
initial publication. Changes were made in the U.S. Southwest Border
Smuggling and Violence section in the paragraph after the second textbox
and the last two paragraphs of the section.
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Drug Trafficking Organizations
Drug Trafficking by Criminal Gangs
Drug Availability in the United States
Appendix A: Maps
Appendix B: Tables
Appendix C: Scope and Methodology
Figure 1. Seizures
of Drugs in Transit, Within the United States, in Kilograms, 2009
Figure 2. Potential Pure
Heroin Production Estimates, Colombia, in Metric Tons, 2002-2008
Figure 3. Drug Transportation
Corridors in the United States
Figure 4. Federal Cocaine
Seizure Totals, in Kilograms, 2005-2009
Figure 5. Cocaine Price
and Purity Data
Figure 6. National Cocaine
Positivity Rates in Workplace Drug Tests, 2005-2009
Figure 7. Potential Pure
Cocaine Production in Colombia, in Metric Tons, 2004-2008
Figure 8. Potential Pure
Heroin Production in Mexico, in Metric Tons, 2004-2008
Figure 9. Counties Reporting
Increases in Heroin-Related Overdoses, 2008-2009
Figure 10. Methamphetamine
Price and Purity Data
Figure 11. Methamphetamine
Seizure Amounts in the United States, in Kilograms, 2005-2009
Figure 12. Southwest Border
Methamphetamine Seizure Amounts, in Kilograms, 2005-2009
Figure 13. Methamphetamine
Laboratory Seizures, 2005-2009
Figure 14. Potential
Marijuana Production in Mexico, in Metric Tons, 2003-2008
Figure 15. Southwest
Border Area Marijuana Seizures, in Kilograms, 2005-2009
Figure 16. Number of MDMA
Submissions, 2005-2008
Figure 17. Northern Border
MDMA Seizures, in Dosage Units, 2005-2009
Figure 18. Number of Reported
Unintentional Poisoning Deaths With Mention of Opioid Analgesics, 2001-2006
Figure 19. Percentage of
State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting CPDs as Their Greatest Drug Threat,
2005-2009
Figure 20. Percentage of
State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting an Association Between Pharmaceutical
Diversion and Violent and Property Crimes, by OCDETF Region, 2008-2009
Figure 21. Percentage of
State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting Street Gang Involvement in Pharmaceutical
Distribution, by OCDETF Region, 2008-2009
Table 1. Drug Seizures
Along the Southwest and Northern Borders, in Kilograms, 2005-2009
Table 2. Heroin Seizures
at Southwest Border Area and Commercial Air POEs, in Kilograms, 2004-2009
Table 3. Metropolitan Areas
Most Often Identified as Origination and Destination Points for Seized Drug Shipments,
by Drug, 2008-2009
Table 4. Number of Plants
Eradicated From Indoor and Outdoor Sites in the United States, 2004-2008
Table 5. Number of Plants
Eradicated From Federal Lands, 2004-2008
Table 6. Number of Indoor
Grow Sites and Plants Eradicated in Florida, 2004-2008
Table 7. Percentage of State
and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Reporting Street Gang Involvement in Pharmaceutical
Distribution and an Association Between Pharmaceutical Diversion and Crime, 2008-2009
Appendix B Tables
Table B1.
Trends in Percentage of Past Year Drug Use, 2004-2008
Table B2.
Admissions to Publicly Funded Treatment Facilities, by Primary Substance, 2003-2007
Table B3.
Drugs Distribution in the United States, by DTOs and OCDETF Region
Table B4.
Gangs with Significant Influence on U.S. Drug Markets
Table B5.
Pseudoephedrine Scheduling by State
Appendix A Maps
Map A1. Nine OCDETF
Regions
Map A2. Drug Distribution
by Select DTOs, by HIDTA Region
Map A3. 2009 Street
Gang Involvement in Drug Distribution
Map A4. Gang Membership
by County
Map A5. 2009 Greatest
Drug Threat, by Region, as Reported by State and Local Agencies
Map A6. 2009 Greatest
Drug Threat, as Reported by State and Local Agencies
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