News Release - July 2, 2007
| For Immediate Release July 2,
2007
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Charles Miller
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National Drug Intelligence Center Releases Twenty-seven
Drug Market Analysis Reports for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
On July 2, 2007, the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), a component
of the Department of Justice, will release twenty-seven 2007 Drug Market
Analysis reports. These annual reports were prepared at the request of the
Executive Office of the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy
for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) throughout the country.
They provide strategic overviews of the illicit drug situation in the respective
HIDTA market area and highlight significant trends and law enforcement concerns
related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs.
Thus far in fiscal year 2007, NDIC has produced several major national
level reports beginning with the National Drug Threat Assessment 2007
which details national drug trafficking and abuse trends within the
United States, particularly with respect to cocaine, heroin, marijuana,
MDMA, methamphetamine, pharmaceuticals and other dangerous drugs. The assessment
identifies the primary drug threats to the nation, tracks drug availability
throughout the country, and analyzes trafficking and distribution patterns
of illicit drugs within the United States. It evaluates the threat posed
by illegal drugs such as, comparing availability, production and cultivation,
transportation, distribution, and demand.
In November, the NDIC published the
National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment
2007. The report is a comprehensive assessment of the threat posed
to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of methamphetamine.
In February, NDIC published the
Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment
2007, a national-level strategic assessment of cannabis cultivation
and marijuana production in the United States. This assessment addresses
major trends in domestic cannabis cultivation, both indoor and outdoor,
with a focus on cannabis cultivation operations in primary areas of production
at the state and county levels. This report covers wide-ranging issues regarding
cultivation operations, including planting and harvesting seasons; use or
presence of weapons, booby traps, and countersurveillance; resultant environmental
damage; and the operational trends of drug trafficking organizations and
other criminal groups.
These and other reports produced by NDIC and available to the public
are posted on our web site at
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/index.htm.
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