U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center

Title:

Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2010

Publication Date: April 2010

Document ID: 2010-R0813-012

Archived on: September 1, 2011. This document may contain dated information. It remains available to provide access to historical materials.

This assessment is an outgrowth of a partnership between the NDIC and HIDTA Program for preparation of annual assessments depicting drug trafficking trends and developments in HIDTA Program areas. The report has been coordinated with the HIDTA, is limited in scope to HIDTA jurisdictional boundaries, and draws upon a wide variety of sources within those boundaries.

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Contents

List of Figures

Figure 1. Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

List of Tables

Table 1. Individuals Receiving Drug Abuse Treatment Services in Lake County Through the Hoosier Assurance Plan, by Drug, 2005-2009
Table 2. Percentage of Twelfth-Grade Students Reporting Lifetime Drug Use, by Drug, Northwest Region of Indiana, Compared With Statewide Data, 2009

Strategic Drug Threat Developments

The distribution and abuse of crack cocaine and heroin are the primary drug threats to the Lake County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) region. The following are significant strategic drug threat developments in the region:

• Cocaine availability was lower at the wholesale level in the Lake County HIDTA region in 2009. Some distributors are "re-rocking" kilogram quantities of cocaine to extend product supply and increase profits. Cocaine availability is expected to fluctuate in the near term but remain at levels sufficient to support market demand.
   
• Heroin is readily available in the Lake County HIDTA region and is being abused by a growing number of young Caucasians from suburban areas. Some of these individuals switched to heroin after initially abusing prescription opioid pain relievers, while others abuse both heroin and prescription pain relievers.a Heroin availability and abuse are expected to increase in the near term.
   
• Street gangs are increasingly prevalent in Lake County with the influx and migration of Chicago-based gang members into the county. Chicago-based street gangs have infiltrated and now control retail-level drug distribution in the northern third of the county.

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Footnote

a. Opioid pain relievers include codeine, fentanyl (Duragesic, Actiq), hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), morphine (MS Contin), oxycodone (OxyContin, Roxicodone), methadone (Dolophine), and hydrocodone combinations (Vicodin, Lortab, and Lorcet).

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