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U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center
Ohio HIDTA Drug Market Analysis 2010
April 2010
The Ohio HIDTA region consists of Cuyahoga, Fairfield, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Lucas, Mahoning, Montgomery, Stark, Summit, and Warren Counties. (See Figure 1.) These counties contain more than half of Ohio's population and encompass the nine largest cities in the state. (See Figure 3.) The numerous interstate highways that link the HIDTA region to major drug source areas, including the Southwest Border, Chicago, Detroit, New York City, and Canada, are used by traffickers to smuggle illicit drugs into and through the region. Ohio has the eighth-largest national highway system, which carries the seventh-highest volume of traffic in the nation, allowing drug transporters to blend in with the natural flow of traffic. Large amounts of illicit drugs transported to the area are abused locally, while some are transshipped to drug markets in neighboring states.
Figure 1. Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking
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