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U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center
Ohio HIDTA Drug Market Analysis 2010
April 2010
NDIC analysts expect that heroin will surpass cocaine as the greatest drug threat to the Ohio HIDTA region as Mexican DTOs continue to increase the availability of Mexican heroin throughout the region. Heroin abuse will continue to rise, and more prescription opioid abusers will switch to heroin because of the drug's availability and lower cost. Consequently, heroin-related crime and treatment costs will rise. Cocaine availability is expected to remain sufficient to meet demand, with prices staying relatively stable. The availability of high-potency marijuana is expected to increase in the HIDTA region as local producers seek to profit from the production of higher-potency marijuana and as Asian traffickers transport larger quantities of Canadian marijuana into the region. Local methamphetamine production in the HIDTA region is expected to rise in some areas because of increased use of the one-pot method of production and continued smurfing of pseudoephedrine by methamphetamine producers. Despite the introduction of limited quantities of Mexican methamphetamine in some markets, availability of the drug will remain low, with local production continuing to meet the limited demand for the drug.
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